Bishop Fork Prospect

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012741
MRDS ID D008596
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop Fork Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17219, 40.49244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2304
Relative position 25,350 FT. N 16 E FROM LOWE PEAK, IN BISHOP FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 003W 10 NE OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Dolomitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17219, 40.49244

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured And Sheared Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED; VEINS OF CALCITE AND CRYPTO CRYSTALLINE SILICA ARE COMMON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.056HA
    Overall length 48.77M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • VARIOUS SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.