| Deposit ID | 10088987 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00203 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Indian Chief Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Yellow Jacket Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.74025, 39.99161 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2036 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(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)
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 | 9S | 8N | 34 | SE OF SE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.74025, 39.99161 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR, LENTICULAR |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR, LENTICULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Erickson District District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00203 |
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY 6268, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 455-456.
MESSENGER, H.M., 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE INDISN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.
LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, P. 456
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL SHOOTS OF CERUSSITE-GALENA ORE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. PITS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE SHAFTS SHOWED NO OBVIOUS MINERALIZATION. |
| Deposit | THE PROSPECT PITS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE SHAFT ARE VERY INCONSPICUOUS; ALMOST NO OXIDES ARE PRESENT ON THE DUMP, GIVING THEM THE SAME COLOR AS THE COUNTRY ROCK. LIMONITE AND HEMATITE ARE ABUNDANT AT THE SHAFT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1978 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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