| Deposit ID | 10021211 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15202 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Scranton Group Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Essex, Del Monte, Biddlecom, Cole, Grand Cross, Magazine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.19969, 40.04994 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2004 |
| Relative position | 17,650 FT N. OF BOULTER PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 009S | 003W | 08 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Result | 1902-1955 AVERAGE: .69 OZ./TON AG, 9.5 PERCENT PB, 16.7 PERCENT ZN, .0034-.015 OZ./TON AU, .05-.2 PERCENT CU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -112.19969, 40.04994 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wasatch Front |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | 35NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1886 |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| District name | North Tintic District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Scranton Lead And Zinc Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 2590.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15202 |
SRC.REF: COOK, D.R. (ED.), 1957, GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 127
COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.
LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.
PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14
COOK, D.R., 1957, (ED.), GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTN. : UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IN THE FOOTWALL OR EASTERN BLOCK OF THE SCRANTON FISSURE |
| Deposit | INCLUDES THE SOUTH ESSEX NO. 1 AND 2, MAGAZINE TUNNEL, DEL MONTE (DEL MONTE, BARTLETT, BIDDLECOMB, GRAND CROSS TUNNEL, COLE TUNNEL, WOLF WINZE, KNAP INCLINE), AND THE ESSEX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1975 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1981 | Tripp, Bryce T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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