Ahlstrom Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020043
MRDS ID DC12234
Record type Site
Current site name Ahlstrom Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60442, 40.34688 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position .65 MI. WEST OF DEVIL'S GATE NARROWS, IN BLUE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson Pass(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

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 005S 007W 26 SE OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE AT DARK BLACK CLAYEY GAUGE FROM BEDDING PLANE FRACTURE: AG (OZ/TON) -.05
Result AU (OZ/TON) - .001
Result PB (PERCENT) - .032, ZN (PERCENT) - .008.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown Dolomite
    Rock description Laketown Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60442, 40.34688

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ahlstrom Reverse Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N30w-Striking Brecciated Zone Associated With The Ahlstrom Reverse Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Columbia

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 405.99M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAIN, TOOELE COUNTY UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, P. 126.

  • Deposit

    TEICHERT, JOHN A., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN STANSBURY RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH, BULL. 65, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, P. 65

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION WAS NOTED IN THE 1980 INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references