| Deposit ID | 10041763 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M057527 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Cup Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.84807, 40.19826 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1780 |
| Relative position | 5500 FT. S70E OF WOODMAN PEAK (7260 FT) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(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 |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 018W | 23 | NW OF NW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | A SMALL TONNAGE OF TUNGSTEN ARE AVERAGED 1.0 PERCENT TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -113.84807, 40.19826 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N86E |
| Dip | 40SE |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eugene Timm |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M057527 |
SRC.REF: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, P. 27
MESSENGER, H. M. III 1980 ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN T.B. 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 177
EVERETT, F.D. 1961, TUNGSTEN DEP. IN UTAH: USBM INF CIRCULAR 8014 P. 27
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 27
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE STRIKE, DIP, AND WIDTH GIVEN ARE FOR THE BRECCIA ZONE AT THE VERTICAL SHAFT. THE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT; THE PIT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION WAS NOT LOCATED WITH ANY CERTAINTY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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