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Southport Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088713
MRDS ID M058253
Record type Site
Current site name Southport Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34663, 40.46383 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position 5,400 FT N 71 E OF STOCKTON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 004S 004W 19 NW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result 15 % PB, .7 % CU, 5 OZ./TON AG, 40 CENTS/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oguirrh
    Rock description Oguirrh

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34663, 40.46383
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Between Ophir Anticline And Pole Canyon Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER, UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Trending Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rush Valley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TO 1932 PROBABLY LESS THAN 30,000 DOLLARS

Comments on the workings information

  • ENTRANCE TO MINE THROUGH SHAFT

Comments on development

  • CONNECTED WITH MAIN DRAIN TUNNEL LEVEL OF HONORINE MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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