Chimney Rock Pass Se Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012791
MRDS ID D008722
Record type Site
Current site name Chimney Rock Pass Se Prospects
Alternate or previous names Tortuga Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03773, 40.04801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1623
Relative position 6700 FT S 38 E OF CHIMNEY ROCK PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002W 10 SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO MAJOR WORKING IN GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Colluvium
    Rock unit name Limestone Boulder Colluvium
    Rock description Limestone Boulder Colluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03773, 40.04801

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Spenst M. Hansen, 130 Elm Avenue, Rexburg, Id, 83440

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.005HA
    Overall length 26M
    Overall width 6.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH PROSPECT IS A PIT 15 FT BY 10 FT BY 3 FT DEEP IN POOR QUALITY SAND AND GRAVEL; THE SOUTH PROSPECT IS A PIT 9 YD BY 5 YD BY 6 FT. DEEP IN POOR QUALITY SAND AND GRAVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP MF-45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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