The Little Valley Prospect is a antimony and thallium mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,499 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
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Thallium
Lat, Long: 40.07639, -112.60083
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Little Valley Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Valley Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Thallium
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Steele, Robert And Terry
Home Office: Nephi, Ut
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1987
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: Sevier Fold And Thrust Belt
Type: L
Description: N-S Striking Faults That Terminate To The South Against A Prominent N-W Striking Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Minor Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Parapierrotite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYSIS SHOWS STRONG ENRICHMENT IN SB, TL, AND HG, TYPICAL OF A POTENTIALLY AU- AND AG-BEARING EPITHERMAL SYSTEM
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS THE DISCOVERY OUTCROP, WHICH CONSISTS OF MINERALIZED JASPEROID
Comment (Development): JASPEROID OUTCROPS SEEN FROM TRUCK WHILE ON RECONNAISSANCE, ONE OUTCROP FOUND TO CONTAIN VISIBLE SULFIDE, OTHER OUTCROPS CONTAINED ANOMALOUS SB, TL, AND AU GEOCHEMICAL VALUES
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SULFIDE-BEARING JASPEROID. JASPEROID FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO NORTH-STRIKING FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONES. POD-LIKE DISTRIBUTION OF JASPEROID OVER A 1 MILE STRIKE LENGTH
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE TINY DIGGING
Comment (Deposit): THE RARE MINERAL PARAPIERROTIE OCCURS AT THIS LOCALITY. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS BY STEVE AXON OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. PARAPIERROTITE IS A THALLIUM-ANTIMONY SULFOSALT (TLSB5S8) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): A SAMPLE CONTAINING PARAPIERROTITE WAS COLLECTED BY THE UGMS AND CONTAINED: 5 PPB AU, >5000 PPB HG, <20 PPM BA, 21 PPM CU, 255 PPM PB, 186 PPM ZN, 8 PPM MO, <0.5 PPM AG, <1 PPM CO, 13 PPM NI, 166 PPM CR, 286 PPM MN, < 10 PPM W, < 5 PPM SE, < 2 PPM BI, 210 PPM HS, > 2000 PPM SB, > 100 PPM TL
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, W.J., AND SORENSON, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TOOELE 1 DEGREE BY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, UTAH: USGS MISC. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1132, SCALE 1:250000
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 63, 201 P.
Reference (Deposit): EDENHARTER, A., AND PETERS, T., 1979, HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF SULFOSALTS CONTAINING TL:Z. KRISTALLOGR., VOL. 150, NO. 1-4, P. 169-180.
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