| Deposit ID | 10012660 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008447 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dry Canyon Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.63887, 40.41077 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2164 |
| Relative position | APPROX. 6 MI. EAST OF THE SKULL VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION ENTRANCE ON THE SKULL VALLEY ROAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Deseret Peak West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Skull Valley(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Deseret Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 005S | 007W | 04 | SE OF NE SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Result | ASSAY FROM CHIP-CHANNEL SAMPLE: AG, 4.80 OZ. PER TON |
|---|---|
| Result | AU, OZ PER TON, .011 |
| Result | CU PERCENT 1.88, PB PERCENT .00., ZN PERCENT .069 |
| Result | AS PERCENT .090 |
| Result | SB PERCENT .720. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ophir Group | ||||
| Rock description | Ophir Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.63887, 40.41077 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Syncline; Synclinal Axis Is Parallel With Deseret Peak Anticlinal Axis. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N68E |
| Dip | 88NW |
| Width | 0.13M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Columbia |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | West Stansbury Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wilson Bear |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 21.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008447 |
MESSENGER, H.M., III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NUMBER 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY, 175P.
1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVE
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Bureau of Land Management |
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