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
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 #2Commodity
Primary: GoldSecondary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: UtahCounty: Tooele
District: Mercur District
Land Status
Land ownership: PrivateHoldings
Workings
Ownership
Production
Deposit
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 PlateausPhysiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Orebody
Form: IRREGULARStructure
Description: Basin And Range
Description: Fissures And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Materials
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
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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.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: GILLULY, J.,1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173,167P.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: BUTTLER,B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.
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