Southport Claims

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020000
MRDS ID DC12147
Record type Site
Current site name Southport Claims
Related records 10203467

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34358, 40.46161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(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 004S 004W 19 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34358, 40.46161

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rush Valley District (Stockton)

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. 1916-1920, 1927; UP TO 1927 TOTAL PROD. EST. LESS THAN $30,000 IN ORE; TENOR OF ORE AVG. 15.5% PB, 0.7% CU, 5 OZ AG AND $.40 AU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 163-164.

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1927

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.