The Lost Horse Prospect is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.23139, -113.85222
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Lost Horse Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Horse Prospect
Secondary: 11 Lost Horse Claims
Secondary: Arthur Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Ochre Mountains Thrust, Tribune Gulch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION, IRON OXIDES WITH SOME MALACHITE, IS ALONG TIGHT FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE. STRIKE AND DIP ARE VARIABLE.
Comment (Workings): THREE PITS ON FRACTURED LIMESTONE WITH IRON OXIDES AND MINOR MALACHITE STAINING. THE WORKING AT THE ADIT SYMBOL ON THE GOLD HILL TOPO MAP IS A 15 FT X 8 FT X 3 FT DEEP PIT ON A N70W STRIKING, VERTICALLY DIPPING HEMATITE CEMENTED BRECCIA ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL HINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF PA 177.
Reference (Deposit): USBLM, 1980, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6040: UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UT.
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