Fortuna Prospect

The Fortuna Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Fortuna Prospect

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 40.07639, -113.81278

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Fortuna Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fortuna Prospect
Secondary: Lincoln Lode


Commodity

Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese


Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Owner Name: Success Investment Co.


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


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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE OF 3 1/2 FT VEIN IN FORTUNA MINE ASSAYED 0.08 OZ AU PERTON AND 10 OZ AG PER TON.


Materials

Ore: Conichalcite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): SW NW OF NW

Comment (Workings): 190-FT ADIT, 40-45 FT INCLINED ADIT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS


References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: THOMSON, 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTN: UGMS BULL. 99, P. 28

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP 177

Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTN, TOOELE AND JUAB CO., UTAH: GEOL. AND MINING SURVEY BULL. 99, P. 27-8

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UTAH GEOL SURVEY BULL. 99

Reference (Production): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY


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