The Walla Walla Prospect is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.16806, -113.85417
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Walla Walla Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walla Walla Prospect
Secondary: Barbet Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Arsenic
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nick Zakis
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 8.1 OZ/TON AG, .22 OZ/TON AU: PERCENTS-.032 CU, 3.19 PB, .249 ZN, FROM A SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE.
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE PRINCIPAL WORKING IS A N84E, 47 FT. LONG DECLINE (22 DEGREES). A 24 FT. LONG ADIT WITH PRECEDING 16 FT. OPENCUT, BOTH TRENDING S75W, IS ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE RIDGE. A 55 FT. LONG OPENCUT, PITS, AND BULLDOZER CUTS CONNECT THE EAST WEST SLOPE WORKINGS.
Comment (Location): IDENTIFIED BY "MINES" ON THE 7.5 MIN. QUAD. MAP
Comment (Deposit): A N16W, ZONE BEDDING REPL. ZONE, APPROX. 3 FT. WIDE, IS BEING EXPLORED BY WORK DOWN A 22 DEGREE, N84E, 47 FT. LONG DECLINE. EAST OF THE DECLINE, TRENCHES, OPENCUTS, PITS AND A 40 FT. ADIT - OPENCUT ARE ON A N80E, INCHES - WIDE FISSURE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FEEDER ZONE.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 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, P. 164
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 164
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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