| Deposit ID | 10088445 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15251 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dewey Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Dewey Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.90168, 40.04604 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2164 |
| Relative position | APPROX. 1800 FT. WEST OF SOUTH PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ibapah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 | 018W | 17 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | NOLAN (1935)-GRAB SAMPLE, FROM THE DUMP ASSAYED 0.05 OZ. AU AND 90.0 OZ. AG PER TON, THOMSON (1973)-SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF SLICIFIED DOLOMITE. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -113.90168, 40.04604 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1890 |
| District name | Willow Springs District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. D. Mitchell |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15251 |
SRC.REF: THOMSON, K.C., 1973, P. 29; NOLAN, T.B., 1935, P. 167
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 167.
THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 99, P. 29
1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177
1973 GEOLMAP UGMS BULL. 99
THOMSON (1973, P. 29); NOLAN (1935, P. 167)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINOR MINERALIZATION OF BRECCIATED DOLOMITE ALONG A NORTHEAST-STRIKING FAULT ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1975 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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