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West Fritz Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Scandium, Vanadium, Gold, Strontium, REE
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095901
MRDS ID RE00139
Record type Site
Current site name West Fritz Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17691, 40.28216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 6,700 FT S29W FROM MANNING (SITE)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mercur(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 22 NW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Scandium Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Variscite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification (Jasperoid), Argillic Alteration

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF BRECCIATED LIMESTONE WITH VARISCITE NODULES YIELDED THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS:
Result 93 PPB AU, 10.0 PPM SB, 74 PPM AS, LESS THAN 100 PPM BA, LESS THAN 5 PPM BR, LESS THAN 10 PPM CD, LESS THAN 10 PPM CE, LESS THAN 1 PPM CS, 250 PPM C, LESS THAN 10 PPM CO, LESS THAN 2 PPM EU, LESS THAN 2 PPM HF, LESS THAN 100 PPB IR, 0.7 PERCENT FE, LESS THAN 5 PPM LA, 0.8 PPM LU, 10 PPM MO, 60 PPM NI, LESS THAN 10 PPM RB, 1.5 PPM SM, 67.7 PPM SC, LESS THAN 10 PPM SC, LESS THAN 5 PPM AG, 0.13 PERCENT NA, LESS THAN 1 PPM TA, LESS THAN 20 PPM TE, LESS THAN 1 PPM TB, LESS THAN 0.5 PPM TH, LESS THAN 200 PPM SN, LESS THAN 6 PPM W, 16.0 PPM U, LESS THAN 5 PPM YB, 220 PPM ZN, LESS THAN 500 PPM ZR, 1100 PPM V, GREATER THAN 2 PERCENT P, PROBABLE Y, HIGH SF.
Result A SAMPLE OF JASPEROID REPLACING LIMESTONE WITH SPARSE VARISCITE CONTAINED : 30 PPB AU, 3.6 PPM SB, 68 PPM AS, 190 PPM BA, LESS THAN 5 PPM BR, LESS THAN 10 PPM CD, 65 PPM CE, LESS THAN 1 PPM CS, 150 PPM CR, LESS THAN 10 PPM CO, LESS THAN 2 PPM EU, LESS THAN HF, LESS THAN 100 PPB IR, 10.0 PERCENT FE, 24 PPM LA, 1.9 PPM LU, 6 PPM MO, 68 PPM NI, LESS THAN 10 PPM RB, 5.1 PPM SM, 5.1 PPM SC, LESS THA 10 PPM SE, LESS THAN 5 PPM AG, LESS THAN 0.05 PERCENT NA, LESS THAN 1 PPM TA, LESS THAN 25 PPM TE, LESS THAN 1 PPM TB, 6.8 PPM TH, LESS THAN 200 PPM SN, LESS THAN 2 PPM W, 48.0 PPM U, LESS THAN 5 PPM YB, LESS THAN 200 PPM ZN, LESS THAN 500 PPM ZR, 315 PPM V, 3000 PPM P, LESS THAN 5 PPM Y

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone;;
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone;;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17691, 40.28216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ophir Anticline, Pole Canyon Syncline, Midas Thrust, Fivemile Pass Tear Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Abundant Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccial Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE UPPER PART OF THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONE, ABOVE THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER. DEPOSIT LIES ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE EAGLE HILL RHYOLITE, THE NEAREST IGNEOUS ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mercur District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.031HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SINGLE TRENCH ABOUT 100 FEET LONG, 35 FEET WIDE AND 20 FEET DEEP. APPEARS TO BE A FAIRLY MODERN CUT.

Comments on development

  • SAMPLE TAGS PRESENT SUGGESTS THAT GOLD EXPLORATION TOOK PLACE IN THIS AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1987 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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