Gold Belt Prospect

The Gold Belt Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,295 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

Name: Gold Belt Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

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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