Stansbury Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046165
MRDS ID M234154
Record type Site
Current site name Stansbury Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59998, 40.50827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2557
Relative position APPROX. 1.45 MI. N67E OF NORTH WILLOW LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Willow Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 007W 35 NE OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AG, OZ./TON, .80
Result PB 4.88 PERCENT
Result ZN 11.24 PERCENT, FROM A 5 IN WIDE SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE NEAR THE NORTHERN END OF THE 120 FT. DRIFT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Gardner Dolomite
    Rock description Gardner Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59998, 40.50827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deseret Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN ASSAY FROM A SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE CARRIED 11.24 PERCENT ZINC, INDICATING, FROM THE APPEARANCE, THE PROBABLE PRESENCE OF SMITHSONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Third Term

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 92.35M

Comments on the workings information

  • A S75E, 83 FT. LONG ADIT INTERSECTS A 123 FT. DRIFT THAT IS IN THE MINERALIZED N-S BRECCIA ZONE AND INCLUDES 113 FT. OF CROSSCUTS AND A 38 DEGREE INCLINED OPEN STOPE THAT WAS USED FOR HAULAGE, EXTENDING BELOW THE 123 FT. DRIFT AN UNDETERMINED DISTANCE.

Comments on development

  • THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FIELD WORK (1980) WAS PART OF A MINERAL RESOURCES ERALVATION OF A RARE II AREA (04-757) IN THE STANSBURY MTNS. SECTION (GRANTSVILLE DIV.) OF THE WASATCH NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    ALMQUIST, CARL, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER, COLORADO

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY.

  • Deposit

    1980 GEOLMAP U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER

  • Deposit

    1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    MESSENGER, HAROLD M., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ADIT LABELED "THIRD TERM MINE" ON THE TIMPIE MAP IS ACTUALLY THE PRINCIPAL ADIT FOR THE STANSBURY MINE. THE STANSBURY MINE AND THE THIRD TERM MINE ARE ON THE OPPOSING NORTH AND SOUTH SLOPES, RESPECTIVELY, OF A PROMINENT KNOB IN THE NE 1/4 SEC. 2, T4S, R7W (PROJ.). ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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