Mc Fait Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012736
MRDS ID D008586
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Fait Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21191, 40.29966 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position ABOUT 2,350 FT S9W FROM EAGLE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003W 18 SE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Mercury Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Orpiment Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Eagle Hill Rhyolite
    Rock description Eagle Hill Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Member Of Great Blue Formation
    Rock description Great Blue Limestones;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of Great Blue Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21191, 40.29966

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONES ARE SHATTERED, DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE HIGHLY PULVERIZED. LIMONITIC STAINS ARE COMMON ON HOST ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bob Petray
    Home office P.O.Box 297, Laytton, Ca. Ornia-96118

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.683HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS OF 50X50X10 FT. SIZE; TWO TRENCHES OF 250X15 FT. SIZE; MANY OTHER SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISSELL,H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.

  • Deposit

    BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ALONG A FISSURE, RUNNING IN A N-S DIRECTION. HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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