Morgan Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088990
MRDS ID RE00212
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Mine
Alternate or previous names R.E. Plaugh Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.42386, 39.93272 (WGS84)
Elevation 2481
Relative position CLOSE TO CREST OF SHEEPROCK MTNS.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 5W 29 NE OF NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Porphyry;
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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);

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.42386, 39.93272

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Surrounding Strata (Nw, 40 Ne)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 W
    Dip 50-55 S
    Depth to bottom 24.38M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 50-55 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Quartz?

Comments on the geologic information

  • A 200 FT. WIDE MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE IS EXPOSED ON A HIGH SHORT SPUR A SHORT DISTANCE NORTHEAST OF THE INCLINE SHAFT. THE REGIONAL BEDDEIN STRIKES NORTHWEST, DIPS 40 NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blue Bell Dist

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester Larsen

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IS FROM THE ENTIRE BLUE BELL DISTRICT.; SMALL AMOUNT OF AG-PB ORE WERE MENTIONED AS PRODUCED FROM R.E. PLOUGH GROUP, OF WHICH THE MORGAN MINE IS A MEMBER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINED SHAFT AND THREE ADITS. THE UPPER ADIT IS 185 FT. IN LENGTH, AND THE LOWER ADIT 265 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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