| Deposit ID | 10040406 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055166 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Timpie Canyon |
| Point of reference | Centroid |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.12587, 40.4502 (WGS84) |
| Relative position | Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wig Mountain NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Centroid (1) | -113.12587, 40.4502 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055166 |
RIGBY, 1958 P. 124-126 U.S. 88TH CONGR. 2ND SESS. 1964 COMM. INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS. COMM-PRINT 26-976
UTAH GEOL. SOC., 1958, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HG ORES IN BRECCIATED DOLOMITE AT HEAD OF TIMPIE CANYON IN THE STANSBURY RANGE. OPERATED IN 1958. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-73 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.