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Douglas

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020030
MRDS ID DC12202
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas
Related records 10154775

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25163, 40.36077 (WGS84)
Elevation 2545
Relative position NEAR WESTERN SUMMIT OF LION HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir(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 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MONARCH GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS A POROUS QTZ WITH MINERALIZED CAVITIES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Jarosite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.25163, 40.36077
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description On The Western Flank Of The Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH JASPEROIDS

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 (Lion Hill)

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO BE AT LEAST 1,000 TONS OF 100 - OUNCE ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 382.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HUNTLEY, D. B., 1880 , TENTH CENSUS U. S., V. 13 , P. 451

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-24-1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESEMBLES THE MONARCH ORES

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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