| Deposit ID | 10088990 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00212 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Morgan Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | R.E. Plaugh Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.42386, 39.93272 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2481 |
| Relative position | CLOSE TO CREST OF SHEEPROCK MTNS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dutch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(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
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 5W | 29 | NE OF NE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Monzonite Porphyry; | ||||
| Rock description | Monzonite Porphyry; | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1954); |
| Rock description | Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1954); |
| (1) | -112.42386, 39.93272 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Surrounding Strata (Nw, 40 Ne) |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 85 W |
| Dip | 50-55 S |
| Depth to bottom | 24.38M |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50-55 S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Blue Bell Dist |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lester Larsen |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 137.16M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00212 |
COHENOUR, R.E., 1954, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 63, P. 116.
HEIKES, V.C., 1920, BLUE BELL DISTRICT, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 431.
HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 53.
BUTLER, 1920, P. 430.; USGS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S., 1917, 1928, 1930.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PRODUCTIVE VEIN WORKED THROUGH AN INCLINED SHAFT AND AN UPPER ADIT, STRIKES N 85 W AND DIPS 50-55 SW. THE LOWER ADIT EXPLORED A N 30 E STRIKING CRUSHED ZONE IN QUARTZITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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