Rattlesnake Canyon Nw Workings

Prospect in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Manganese, Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041940
MRDS ID M057991
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Canyon Nw Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15718, 40.03912 (WGS84)
Elevation 1856
Relative position 17,100 FT. NE OF BOULTER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 003W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE NE OF NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Clay Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15718, 40.03912

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Front
Type of structure Local
Structure description North Tintic Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • CRUSHED LATITE TUFF PRODUCED FROM PROPERTY, PRODUCTION AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.42HA
    Length 45.72M
    Overall length 235.31M
    Overall width 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST PROSPECT IS ADIT 150 FT. LONG, NORTH PROSPECT IS OPEN CUT 117 FT. BY 270 FT. BY 3 FT. DEEP, EAST PROSPECT IS OPEN CUT 75 FT. BY 60 FT BY 2 FT. DEEP, QUARRY IS 600 FT. BY 210 FT. BY 10 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEST ADIT EXPLORES A JASPEROID VEIN WITH CLAY IRON AND MANGANESE MINERALIZATION, OTHER TWO PROSPECTS AND QUARRY ARE CUT IN LATITE TUFF WITH SLIGHT NATIVE SULFUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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