The North Wash Prospects is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,659 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,659 Feet (1,725 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.1525, -113.83750
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North Wash Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Wash Prospects
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Northwest-Striking Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WEAK COPPER MINERALIZATION ALONG THE CONTACT OF THE OQUIRRH FM. LIMESTONES WITH SMALL QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIONS (DIKES, SILLS, PLUGS, ETC.)
Comment (Workings): FIVE SHORT (4-60 FT) ADITS AND A 20 FT DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT. THE THREE NORTHERN ADITS CROSSCUT 15.-QTZ. MONZONITE CONTACTS THE TWO SOUTHERN ADITS ARE IN ALTERED LS., AS IS THE SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177.
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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