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North Scranton Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021210
MRDS ID DC15201
Record type Site
Current site name North Scranton Prospects
Related records 10155376

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19719, 40.06688 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MI NORTH OF THE SCRANTON MINES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulter Peak(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 003W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE DOLOMITE SPAR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19719, 40.06688
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure (N 17 E, 80 E)

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE CONSIST OF ALTERNATING BANDS OF MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAY LIMESTONE AND DARK FINE GRAIN CHERTY LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Comments on the workings information

  • A 100 FT SHAFT, THREE SHORT TUNNELS ON THE SOUTH AND ONE LONG TUNNEL ON THE NORTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN,W. & LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 107, P. 272.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GQ 141, 1961 BOULTER PEAK QUAD

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 01-30-1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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