Lost Horse Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055136
MRDS ID RE00137
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Horse Prospect
Alternate or previous names 11 Lost Horse Claims, Arthur Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85307, 40.23132 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 10 NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85307, 40.23132

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ochre Mountains Thrust, Tribune Gulch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast And Northwest Striking Faults

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PITS ON FRACTURED LIMESTONE WITH IRON OXIDES AND MINOR MALACHITE STAINING. THE WORKING AT THE ADIT SYMBOL ON THE GOLD HILL TOPO MAP IS A 15 FT X 8 FT X 3 FT DEEP PIT ON A N70W STRIKING, VERTICALLY DIPPING HEMATITE CEMENTED BRECCIA ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZATION, IRON OXIDES WITH SOME MALACHITE, IS ALONG TIGHT FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE. STRIKE AND DIP ARE VARIABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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