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Metallic Hill #1 Claim

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087433
MRDS ID D007343
Record type Site
Current site name Metallic Hill #1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20138, 39.98577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 MILE SW OF RAINBOW MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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 010S 012W 04 CENTER Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Hematite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ochre Mtn Limestone;Prospect Mtn Quartzite
    Rock description Ochre Mtn Limestone;Prospect Mtn Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.20138, 39.98577
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 57NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Parallel To Major Fault Between Prospect Mtn. Otzite And Ochre Mtn Ls.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 17.37M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL PIT AND A 55 FT. ADIT TRENDING S10E

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB AND TOOELE CO., UTAH: USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41

  • Production

    EADS, J.P., 1981, UGMS: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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