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Overland

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020052
MRDS ID DC12248
Record type Site
Current site name Overland
Related records 10276588

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19163, 40.27772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 0.5 MILE NE OF SUNSHINE

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 21 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS IDENTICAL TO MERCUR MINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19163, 40.27772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Flank Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • Dip 35 - 40 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camp Floyd District (Sunshine)

Comments on the production information

  • 1898-1905 EST. PROD. WAS $220,000; 1936 ALSO PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT, VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 387.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 138.

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1937

  • Deposit

    BISSELL,H.J., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE S. OQUIRRH MTNS. & FIVEMILE PASS-N. BOULTER MTN. AREA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 14, P. 220.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENEATH THE LONG TRAIL SHALE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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