The Gold Belt Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,295 feet.
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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: 4,295 Feet (1,309 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.23056, -113.78361
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Gold Belt Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Belt Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: W. F. Cummings
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: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE PROSPECT WAS NOT VISITED DURING THIS (1980) REVIEW; THE TYPE OF WORKINGS IS NOT KNOWN.
Comment (Geology): THE ORE IS ONLY PARTLY OXIDIZED
Comment (Location): ON THE EDGE OF THE MUD FLATS
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 149-150
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., 1935, USGS PROF. PAPER 17
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST., UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 149-150
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