Blowhole Hill-Greeley Pass Prospects

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese, Volcanic Materials
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087713
MRDS ID D008716
Record type Site
Current site name Blowhole Hill-Greeley Pass Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03662, 40.09412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1900 FT S18E OF BLOWHOLE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 002W 26 SW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO MAIN WORKING IN GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Volcanic Materials Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone Equivalents;Deseret Ls
    Rock description Madison Limestone Equivalents;Deseret Ls
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03662, 40.09412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Greeley District

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.395HA
    Length 234.7M
    Overall length 278M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 690 FT. ADIT, THREE SHAFTS (45,20 AND 15 FT.) AND NINE PROSPECTS AVERAGING 60 BY 30 YDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP MF-45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WORKING AT N. 4438510 E. 411700 ZONE +12 IS THE 690 FT. ADIT WITH ONE SHORT SIDE DRIFT; DRIVEN IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE ALONG A CATCITE, LIMONITE AND HEMATITE CONTAINING ZONE. THE SOUTHERN MOST WORKING IS A GRAVEL PIT, 50 YD. BY 54 YD. AND AVERAGING SIX FEET DEEP. THE EASTERN MOST WORKING ON BLOWHOLE HILL IS AN OPEN CUT AREA 80 YD. IN DIAMETER EXPOSING A VEIN OF BROWN CALCITE (N70W. 82S) UP TO THREE FEET WIDE. THE THREE SHAFTS (45 FT., 20 FT. AND 15 FT.) EXPLORE SHEAR ZONES CONTAINING PYROLUSITE, LIMONITE AND CALCITE. THE PROSPECT DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE SHAFTS IS AN OPENCUT 70 YD. BY 16 YD. BY 4 FT. DEEP IN CLAY. THE NORTHWESTERN MOST PROSPECT IS AN OPEN CUT 58 YD. IN DIAMETER IN A QUARTZ LATITE TUFF. THE REMAINING PROSPECTS ARE OPEN CUTS IN ALLUVIUM AND COLLUVIUM. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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