Georgia Lyn Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087550
MRDS ID D007766
Record type Site
Current site name Georgia Lyn Mine
Alternate or previous names Bobcat, Calutah Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.79332, 40.8366 (WGS84)
Elevation 1576
Relative position 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF BLACK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skull Valley(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 001N 008W 07 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.79332, 40.8366

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 30 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lakeside Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Don B. Reeder

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 450.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS
  • ACCESS BY VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 65, 100 AND 125 FT. WITH A TOTAL OF 1,479 FEET OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURV. OFR-22.

  • Deposit

    TESELLE, R., 1974, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN LAKESIDE MINING DISTRICT: UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., BULL. 1135-B

  • Production

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. OFR-22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED DUNES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.