The Unidentified Prospect is a arsenic mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,961 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: 5,961 Feet (1,817 Meters)
Commodity: Arsenic
Lat, Long: 40.22528, -113.88361
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Unidentified Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unidentified Prospect
Commodity
Primary: 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication, Bleaching
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Location): E2, W2
Comment (Deposit): SCARADITE, COPIAPITE, AND IRON OXIDES IN SILICATED, BLEACHED LIMESTONE ALONG THE QTZ. MONZONITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL WORKING IS AN INCLINED (35 DEGREES) SHAFT, TRENDING S60W, AT LEAST 100 FT. LONG. THE OTHER WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, 10 AND 30 FT. DEEP, AND A PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., USGS PROF. PAPER 17
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, HAROLD M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
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