Fields Prospect

The Fields Prospect is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,260 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fields Prospect

Commodity

Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: North Tintic Mining District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Hingeline

Type: L
Description: North West Trending Lateral Faults Bracket Fields Prospect

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): FIELD'S PROSPECT EXPLORES A JASPEROID VEIN WITH ABUNDANT PYROLUCITE AND LIMONITE. THE NE PROSPECT EXPLORES A QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEIN IN LIMESTONE

Comment (Workings): FIELD'S PROSPECT CONSISTS OF AN OEPN CUT LEADING INTO TWO SHORT ADITS, THE NE PROSPECT IS AN ADIT APPROXIMATELY 50 FT. LONG

References

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D. R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B. T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H. T., BULL 1142-

Reference (Production): TRIPP, B. T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H. T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

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