Rea Claim Prospect

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094817
MRDS ID DC12275
Record type Site
Current site name Rea Claim Prospect
Alternate or previous names Brewer Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86641, 40.22882 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 6400 FT. N75 DEG. W OF DUTCH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

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 007S 018W 10 NE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE FLOOR OF ACCIDENT CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 25.50 OZ/TON AG
Result PERCENTS, CU-1.155
Result PB-0.084
Result ZN-0.180
Result AG-0.013
Result SB-1.30. ANALYSIS FROM A 2 IN. WIDE SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Woodman Formation; Madison Limestone
    Rock description Woodman Formation;Madison Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.86641, 40.22882

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip STEEP
    Width 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Animbricate Slice Of The Ochre Mtn. Thrust Plate.

Comments on the geologic information

  • NOLAN (1935, P.151) REPORTED THAT SAMPLES RICH IN TETRAHEDRITE HAD ASSAYED 150 OZ/TON, AG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brewer Gold And Copper Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE AROUND 1900

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.005HA
    Length 49.68M
    Overall length 32M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MOST IMPORTANT SEGMENT OF THE WORKINGS IS AN OPENCUT APPROX. 90 FT. LONG ALONG THE OUTCROP OF THE STEEPLY-DIPPING THRUST PLANE. TWO CONNECTING ADITS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WORKINGS EXPLORED JAROSITE-LIMONITE MINERALIZATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NARROW TERRAHEDRITE-QUARTZ VEIN IS LOCATED ALONG AN ARCUATE, IMBRICATE MINOR THRUST OF THE OCHRE MTN. THRUST PLATE. THIS SECTION OF THE IMBRICATE THRUST STRIKES N38-60E AND DIPS 55-80 DEGREES TO THE NORTHWEST.
Deposit THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FISSURE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LESS OPEN AND THE TETRAHEDRITE-QUARTZ VEIN PINCHED-OUT. A QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKE IS EXPOSED A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF THE CLAIM, FARTHER DOWNSTREAM ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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