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Kaffin Prospect

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041910
MRDS ID M057953
Record type Site
Current site name Kaffin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8239, 40.11021 (WGS84)
Elevation 1913
Relative position 12000 FEET NORTH 85 EAST OF SKINNER SPRING

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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW SW OF SE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8239, 40.11021
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Limestone Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.54M
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, LARGE CUT, 2 SHAFTS, 8X8X60 FT DEEP AND 4X6X17 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF PAPER 17

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H. 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT IN FAVORABLE LIMESTONE BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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