The Unknown Prospect is a gold and copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,181 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: 6,181 Feet (1,884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.11444, -113.83833
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Unknown Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown Prospect
Secondary: Wilson Consolidated Nw
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton 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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TRENCH 15X7X3 FT DEEP, TRENDS EASTERLY. SHAFT 6X10X15 FT DEEP.
Comment (Location): SE NW OF SE
Comment (Deposit): POOR OUTCROPS
References
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 17
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOLLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
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