Overland

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10041768
MRDS ID M057533
Record type Site
Current site name Overland
Related records 10203048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84167, 40.07465 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position N OF OVERLAND CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 018W 02 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result TRACE AU, 22 OZ/TON AG, LT 1 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84167, 40.07465

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Overland Canyon Fault N 80 W Brings The Manning Canyon Fm In Contact With Ochre Mt Ls

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QTZ MONZ HAS BEEN SERITICIZED AND LIMONITE STAINED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT INCLINE SHAFT, 10 FT ADIT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MINERAL DEP OF DEEP CK MTNS, TOOEL & JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINER SURV BULL 99 , P. 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON OR NEAR THE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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