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Rattler Mine Group

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011285
MRDS ID D005860
Record type Site
Current site name Rattler Mine Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.88469, 38.26858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF MINERSVILLE, 1700 FEET SW OF THE LINCOLN MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 009W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Marble, Scarn

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES IN 1966: AU ($35.00)
Result AG ($1.90), CU ($0.38)
Result ZN ($0.08)
Result BI ($4.00)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lincoln Stock
    Rock description Lincoln Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kaibab Formation (Principle Host);Callville-Pakoon
    Rock description Kaibab Formation (Principle Host);Callville-Pakoon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.88469, 38.26858
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N20 W
    Dip 60 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fissures Parallel To The Lincoln Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS REPLACEMENTS ALONG A FRACTURED SCARN ZONE IN CONTACT WITH THE LINCOLN STOCK INTRUSIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lincoln District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Karl Truman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 SHAFTS AND 2 ADITS. LAST WORKED IN 1970 WHEN 1500 TONS OF OXIDE ORE WAS STOCK PILED ON THE DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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