Dry Canyon Mouth Prospects

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Clay
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088758
MRDS ID M058460
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Canyon Mouth Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28774, 40.37661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2067
Relative position 9,150 FT S 32 W OF COMMADORE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 005S 004W 22 NW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO MAIN WORKING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28774, 40.37661

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 1.5 Mi. Sw Of Crest Of Ophir Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Of Lakes Of Killarney Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.006HA
    Length 408.43M
    Overall length 19.81M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • EAST WORKING IS ADIT WITH SIDE DRIFTS AND STOPE TOTALLING 740 FT.; CENTRAL PROSPECT IS PIT 45 FT. BY 10 FT. BY 5 FT DEEP; NORTHWEST PIT IS 25 FT. BY 8 FT. BY 5 FT. DEEP; SOUTHWEST PROSPECT IS TWO INCLINES FROM SAME PORTAL TOTALLING ABOUT 600 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EAST WORKING FOLLOWS IRON-STAINED, GOUGE-FILLED FAULT N 15 W 49 W, GOUGE 2-6 INCHES THICK; CENTRAL WORKING IS A CUT IN A RED CLAYSTONE BED 15 FT. THICK N 2 W 41 W; NORTHWEST WORKING EXPLORES CALCITE VEINS ALONG FAULT N 25 W 69 NE; SOUTHWEST WORKING EXPLORES LIMONITE, HEMATITE AND CALCITE ALONG BEDDING N 4 W 37 SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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