| Deposit ID | 10041767 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M057532 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oregon Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.83528, 40.15743 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1670 |
| Relative position | APPROX. 3400 FT. S23W OF THE CENTER OF GOLD HILL VILLAGE. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 008S | 018W | 02 | SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| Rock description | Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| (1) | -113.83528, 40.15743 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northwest-Striking Faults |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | W |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Everett And Marion Tripp |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 21.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M057532 |
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 162
1980 RECON UGMS, OPEN FILE REPT.
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, USGS PROF. PAPER 177, AND MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INV.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH INTERSECTING NORTHWEST-STRIKING FAULTS AND A QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUG THAT HAS INTRUDED ALONG ONE OF THE FAULTS. |
| Deposit | FISSURE VEINS IN THE LEUCOGRANITE NEAR THE LEUCOGRANITE-GNEISSIC BIOTITE GRANITE CONTACT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1992 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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