The Ahlstrom Prospect is a silver, gold, lead, and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.34694, -112.60361
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Ahlstrom Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ahlstrom Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia
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
Type: Underground
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: Basin And Mountains, Stansbury Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ahlstrom Reverse Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PB (PERCENT) - .032, ZN (PERCENT) - .008.
Analytical Data: AU (OZ/TON) - .001
Analytical Data: SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE AT DARK BLACK CLAYEY GAUGE FROM BEDDING PLANE FRACTURE: AG (OZ/TON) -.05
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION WAS NOTED IN THE 1980 INVESTIGATION.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAIN, TOOELE COUNTY UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, P. 126.
Reference (Deposit): TEICHERT, JOHN A., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN STANSBURY RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH, BULL. 65, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, P. 65
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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