Yellow Hammer North Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Silver

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10088634
MRDS ID	M057935
Record type	Site
Current site name	Yellow Hammer North Prospect
Alternate or previous names	Venus Copperopolis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-113.82584, 40.12021 (WGS84)
Elevation	1913
Relative position	12,700 FEET NORTH 70 EAST OF SKINNER SPRING
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Utah	Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Salt Lake	008S	018W	24		Utah

Comments on the location information

SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tungsten	Tertiary
Gold	Tertiary
Copper	Tertiary
Silver	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Malachite	Ore
Scheelite	Ore
Albite	Gangue
Apatite	Gangue
Calcite	Gangue
Chlorite	Gangue
Muscovite	Gangue
Orthoclase	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue
Tourmaline	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Jurassic
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Jurassic

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-113.82584, 40.12021	List Map

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Basin And Range

Ore body information

General form TABULAR

Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

Sheeting Is Qtz Monzonite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery method	Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name	Clifton District

Land status

Ownership category	BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

MANY PITS AND SHAFTS, 325 FT OF ADITS AND CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M057935

Bibliographic references

Deposit

NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PP. 177
Deposit

1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF PAPER 17
Production

DOELLING, H.H. 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reserve-Resource

DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SCATTERED MINERALIZATION ALONG SEVERAL TRENDS OF FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-SEP-1981	Doelling, Hellmut H.	Bureau of Land Management