Utah Claim Prospect

The Utah Claim Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,020 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: Utah Claim Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

Elevation: 6,020 Feet (1,835 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 40.06833, -113.80778

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Utah Claim Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Utah Claim Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper


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

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

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching


Rocks

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): NW SE OF SW

Comment (Workings): SHAFT 20 FT DEEP, INCLINED SHAFT W/35 FT OF WORKINGS, CAVED ADIT AND SEVERAL PITS AND CUTS


References

Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOLE AND JUAB COS., UTAH: UT GEOL. SURV. BULL. 99, P. 29.

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

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

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UNIV. OF UTAH PHD. DISS., UTAH GEOL. SURV. BULL. 99

Reference (Production): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTS: UGMS BULL. 99


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