Muscatine Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020004
MRDS ID DC12152
Record type Site
Current site name Muscatine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33441, 40.44605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 7,200 FT S 16 W OF USMM 4

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 30 NE OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Marbleization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33441, 40.44605

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description On East Limb Of Ophir Anticline And West Limb Of Pole Canyon Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER, UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northwest Ward Pitching Shoots

Comments on the geologic information

  • OQUIRRH FM. STRIKES N 70 E AND DIPS 40 TO 45 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rush Valley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY SEVERAL INCLINES, LONGEST IS ABOUT 350 FEET LONG WHERE CUT OFF AGAINST A NORTH WEST WARD-TRENDING FAULT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURED IN PARTLY MARMARIZED AND SILICIFIED LIMESTONE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEVERAL SMALL PORPHYRY MASSES. ORE OCCURRED IN NORTHWEST WARD PITCHING SHOOTS, IN SOME STOPES ABOVE 30 FT. WIDE AND IN OTHERS ONLY 10 FT. WIDE. SHOOTS WERE CONNECTED ALONG STRIKE BY THIN LEADS OF MINERALIZZTION. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE ABUNDANT JASPEROID AND HORNFELS AS WELL AS THE MARBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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