| Deposit ID | 10094842 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15233 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Boston Workings |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.16971, 39.97772 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1710 |
| Relative position | 5700 FT SOUTHEAST OF RAINBOW MINES |
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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 012W | 02 | SW OF SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | TWO ASSAYS AVERAGED 6.5% PB, 13.5% ZN |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Fandangle Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Fandangle Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.16971, 39.97772 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N38E |
| Dip | SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Dugway District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. F. Cannon |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Ut. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15233 |
SRC.REF: USBM WAR MIN. REPT. 1943
CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-24-1958
1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41
EADS, J.P.; 1981, UGMS: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS IN FISSURE VEIN STRIKES NE, VEIN IS 1 1/2-2 1/2 FEET WIDE. ORE IS OXIDIZED LEAD AND ZINC LIMESTONES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1976 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1981 | Eads, James P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.