The Unidentified Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,079 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.19139, -113.87389
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Unidentified Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unidentified Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication, Bleaching Of Ls.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FISSURES, BEDDING PLANES, AND IRREGULAR ZONES FILLED WITH TOTALLY OXIDIZED REPLACEMENT ORE CONSISTING OF LIMONITE, COPIAPITE, AND SCORODITE SOME CHRYSOCOLLA IS ALSO PRESENT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS: A 20 FT DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT, TWO PAIRED SHAFTS 18FT. APART AND ALIGNED ON A N30E STRIKING ORE BODY, AND A PROSPECT PIT 72 FT N12W FROM THE 20FT. DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT. THE 20FT. SHAFT AND THE PAIRED SHAFTS ARE SEPARATED BY A MINE ROAD (RAVINE).
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, P1.
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
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