| Deposit ID | 10088446 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15288 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Francis Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.1811, 39.97911 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1737 |
| Relative position | 3/4 MILE S. OF RAINBOW MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 012W | 03 | NW OF SW SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerussite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Result | TWO CHANNEL SAMPLES: 0.66 & 3.04 OZ/TON AG, 2.6 & 8.74% PB, 18.3 & 7.99% ZN, 0.65 & 0.28% CU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Trailer Limestone;Fandangle Limestone | ||
| Rock description | Trailer Limestone;Fandangle Limestone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -113.1811, 39.97911 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | 63SE |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 13.11M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1894 |
| Discoverer | John F. Delaney |
| District name | Dugway District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. F. Cannon |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Ut. |
| Year | 1925 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^19,000 Lbs Zn | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 80.77M |
| Overall depth | 13.11M |
| Overall length | 23.77M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15288 |
SRC.REF: STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 415
STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO., UT: USGS PP. 415
USGS PROF. PAPER 415, 1964
1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP 111
1956 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, IN USGS PP 415, 1964
STAATZ M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAP. 415
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO VEINS 350 FT. APART, ONE IN TRAILER LS., THE OTHER IN THE FANDANGLE LS. BOTH ARE NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE TWO FORMATIONS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1973 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1981 | Eads, James P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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