Porphyry Knob Prospect #2

The Porphyry Knob Prospect #2 is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,120 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Porphyry Knob Prospect #2

State: Utah

County: Tooele

Elevation: 8,120 Feet (2,475 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.33222, -112.23556

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Porphyry Knob Prospect #2 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Porphyry Knob Prospect #2

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Production

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: Uinta Extension

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Fissures And Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Materials

Ore: Stibnite

Ore: Realgar

Ore: Orpiment

Ore: Cinnabar

Ore: Pyrite

Gangue: Quartz

Gangue: Calcite

Gangue: Chlorite

Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: MINERALIZED ZONE IS LOCALIZED IN ALTERED HOSTROCKS.
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: HOSTROCKS ARE DEFORMED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, DOLOMITIZED, AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE GREENISH GRAY, PULVERIZED, SERICITIC, CARBONACEOUS, CALCAREOUS, SILICEOUS AND KAOLIMITIC

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: BISSELL, H.J.,ET. AL.,1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL.14, 262P.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: GILLULY, J.,1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173,167P.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: BUTTLER,B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.