| Deposit ID | 10012653 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008426 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | February Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | February Claim of Monster Mining Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.84863, 40.23937 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1692 |
| Relative position | 4100 FT. S56W OF WILSON HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 018W | 11,02 | NE OF NW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Busby Quartzite | ||||
| Rock description | Busby Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ochre Mountain Thrust |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 70W |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008426 |
NOLAN THOMAS, B. 1928, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE, GOLD HILL QUADRANGE: SOC. AM. BULL. 39 PP. 183-184
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1980, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 5329: UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.2
1980 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY-OPEN FILE
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT IS A 1-6 FT. WIDE, N-S, 47-90W COPPER-MINERALIZED FISSURE IN QUARTZITE, SOME SHALY LS. WAS DRAGGED INTO THE FISSURE IN THE SHAFT (WORKING B) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Bureau of Land Management |
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