The Silver No. 4 Prospect is a iron mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 39.97389, -112.73139
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Silver No. 4 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver No. 4 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arizona Cons. Gold And Copper Mines
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sheeprock Thrust Fault At Shallow Depth. Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt
Type: L
Description: Small Fault At N 35 W, 78 Sw With Normal Displacement
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE OF INTENSELY STAINED AND PARTLY SILICIFIED LIMESTOME FROM A NEARBY PROSPECT PIT YIELDED THE3 FOLLOWING ANALYSIS: <5 PPB AU, 7.4 PMM SB, 299 PPM AS, 230 PPM BA, <5 PPM BR, 40 PPM CD, <10 PPM CE, <1 PPM CS, <50 PPM CR, 12 PPM CO, <2 PPM EU, <2 PPM HF, <100 PPB IR, 1.3% FE, <5 PPM LA, <0.5 PPM LU, 5 PPM MO, <50 PPM NI, 19 PPM RB, 0.9 PPM SM, <0.5 PPM SC, 40 PPM SE, <5 PPM AG, <0.05% NA, <1 PPM TA, <20 PPM TE, <1 PPM TB, <0.5 PPM TH, <200 PPM SN, <2 PPM W, 1.3 PPM U, <5 PPM YB, <200 PPM ZN, <500 PPM ZR, <1 PPM CU, 5 PPM PB
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE OF GOSSAN FROM THE ADIT DUMP YIELDED THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS: <13 PPB AU, 38.1 PPM SB, 6700 PPM AS, <100 PPM BA, 20 PPM BR, <10 PPMCD, <12 PPM CE, 5 PPM CS, 97 PPM CR, 170 PPM CO, <2 PPM EU, <2 PPM HF, <100 PPB IR, 39.0% FE, 13 PPM LA, <0.5 PPM LU, 15 PPM MO, 450 PPM NI, 32 PPM RB, 30 PPB SM, 3.0 PPM SC, <10 PPM SE, >5 PPMAG, 0.18% NA, <1 PPM TA, <50 PPM TE, <1 PPM TB, 5.6 PPM TH, <200 PPM SN, <8 PPM W, 5.4 PPM U, 8 PPM YB, 600 PPM ZN, <500 PPM ZR, 8 PPM CU, 4 PPM PB.
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT ADIT AND TWO PROSPECT PITS. ADIT IS 65 FEET LONG AND TRENDS S 83 E.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A THIN <3 FEET THICK GOSSANOUS ZONE ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE KANESH SHALE (ABOVE) AND THE LOWER TO MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONE (BELOW). DOMINANT LITHOLOGIC CONTROLL.
Comment (Geology): BEDDING STRIKES N 45 W AND DIPS 32 NE
Comment (Deposit): UPDATED 87 08 BY SHUBAT, MICHAEL, A.
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND KOPF, R.W., 1985, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PART OF THE COYOTE SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M.,3, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF E INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: PROVO, BRINGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS.
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