| Deposit ID | 10088442 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12281 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Hill Deposit Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.86363, 40.16187 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1737 |
| Relative position | ON THE FLANKS OF A HILL ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF LITTIE VALLEY. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 018W | 34 | S2 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation |
| Rock description | Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation |
| (1) | -113.86363, 40.16187 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northwest-Striking Faults That Have Controlled Some Of The Quartz Monzonite Dikes |
| General form | IRREGULAR, TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12281 |
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG AN IRREGULAR QUARTZ MONZONITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT, IN NORTHEAST-STRIKING BEDDING REP L. TACTITE ZONES AND IN NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST-STRIKING FRACTURES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1994 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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