Francis Property

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088446
MRDS ID DC15288
Record type Site
Current site name Francis Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1811, 39.97911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 3/4 MILE S. OF RAINBOW MINE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 012W 03 NW OF SW SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

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 and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Trailer Limestone;Fandangle Limestone
    Rock description Trailer Limestone;Fandangle Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1811, 39.97911

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 63SE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 13.11M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Discoverer John F. Delaney

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Production statistics

  • Year 1925
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^19,000 Lbs Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 0.3mt

Comments on the production information

  • ALSO PRODUCED 2.54 OZ. AU; 688 OZ. AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 80.77M
    Overall depth 13.11M
    Overall length 23.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO VEINS: SE VEIN-160 FT. TUNNEL; NW VEIN: TWO TRENCHES (48 & 30 FT.), 105 FT ADIT, TWO SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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