Little Valley Prospect

The Little Valley Prospect is a antimony and thallium mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,499 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

Name: Little Valley Prospect  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

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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