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Brooklyn

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020014
MRDS ID DC12173
Record type Site
Current site name Brooklyn
Related records 10155054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2733, 40.39466 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

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 005S 004W 10,11 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) All Oxidized

Analytical data

Result AVE: 11 % PB, 4 % CU, 6 OZ/TON AG, $1.3/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2733, 40.39466
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds (N 35 W, 20 - 25 Ne), Many Fissures And Fault Cut The Limestone. Mine Is On The East Flank Of The Ophir Anticline.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND MASSES
    Thickness 2.13M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ORE OCCURS IN A HORIZON OF HARD, FINE GRAINED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir District (Dry Canyon)

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. 1916, 1920, IN 1925-$40,000; AVG. TENOR OF ORE SINCE 1910 11% PB, 4% CU, 6 OZ. AG, AND ABOUT $1.30 IN AU TO TON

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 1,000 FT OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 151-152.

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1916; 1920

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, MS THESIS STANFORD UNIV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PRODUCTIVE BEDS

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

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