The Bald Mountain Sw Prospects is a calcium, copper, and manganese mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,959 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
Elevation: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity: Calcium, Copper, Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.3875, -112.29889
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Bald Mountain Sw Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bald Mountain Sw Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Calcium
Primary: Copper
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Near Axis Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marbleization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Calcite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Workings): WEST ADIT IS 105 FT LONG, 12 FT. WIDE WITH 145 FEET OF SIDE DRIFTS; CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A 10 FT DIAMETER, 3 FT DEEP PIT; EAST ADIT IS 10 FT LONG.
Comment (Deposit): TWO EAST WORKINGS FOLLOW BEDDING REPLACEMENT (N 11 E 42 W) CONSISTING OF 2 FT. OF PYROLUSITE WITH IRREGULAR 18 IN. CALCITE VEIN AND MARBLEIZATION; WEST WORKING FOLLOWS 3 IN. VEIN N 35 E, 78 SE
References
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
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