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Reeder Prospects

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012669
MRDS ID D008466
Record type Site
Current site name Reeder Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.56803, 40.65382 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position MOUTH OF BROAD CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 006W 07 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pine Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Pine Canyon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.56803, 40.65382
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deseret Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest-Striking Normal Faults, Broad Canyon Reverse Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Free Coinage

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Don Reeder
    Home office Grantsville, Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT OF UNKNOWN LENGTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROAD CANYON, AND A 25 FT. SHAFT WITH A 75 FT. CONNECTING DRIFT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CANYON.

Comments on development

  • MR. REEDER IS VERY RELUCTANT OT COMMENT ON HIS PROPERTY OR TO ALLOW ANYONE TO EXAMINE HIS WORKINGS. ; ECON.COM: THE OWNER LIVES AT THE SITE IN A TRAILER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    REEDER, DON, 1980, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, GRANTSVILLE, UTAH.

  • Deposit

    1980 GEOLMAP UGM

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: U.G.M.S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

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