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Indian Hickman Canyon Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087644
MRDS ID D008448
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Hickman Canyon Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.6422, 40.42133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position .8 MI. NO OF THE DRY CANYON TUNNEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deseret Peak West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(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)

Deseret Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 004S 007W 33 SE OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale
    Rock description Pioche Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.6422, 40.42133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North-Trending Syncline, Parallel To The Deseret Peak Anticlinal Axis.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N34E
    Dip 50SE
    Width 0.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Strike, Dip Os Approximately The Same As The Chalcopyrite-Milky Quartz Vein.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MILKY QUARTZ VEIN CARRIES BLEBS AND SMALL VEINLETS OF CHALCOPYRITE ALTERING TO A SOFT, DULL GRAY MINERAL AND MALACHITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Columbia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.004HA
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PROSPECT IS A 20 FT. BY 20 FT: BY 6 FT. DEEP PIT WITH A WINDLASS AT THE EDGE, INDICATING THAT IT MAY BE CAVED-IN SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FIELD WORK (1980) WAS PART OF A MINERAL RESOURECES EVALUTATION FOR A RARE II AREA (04-757) IN THE STANSBURY MTNS. SECTION (GRANTSVILLE DIV.) OF THE WASATCH NF.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE CO., UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY, 175P.

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-DENVER, COLO

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

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