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Rattler Claim

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103836
MRDS ID M057544
Record type Site
Current site name Rattler Claim
Alternate or previous names Goodluck Claim
Related records 10155374

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.21276, 39.98716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF FOUR METALS MINE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 012W 05 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TWO LEVELS OF WORKINGS: ONE AT 4800 FT AND THE OTHER AT 5600 FT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mtn. Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mtn. Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.21276, 39.98716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault: N-Nw, 50e

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL, IRREGULAR
    Strike N15E
    Dip 50W
    Width 1.98M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER RATTLER TUNNEL: 490 FT. WITH A 285 FT. DRIFT 45 FT FROM PORTAL. UPPER RATTLER ADIT-110 FT. LONG. TWO SHAFTS. THE LOWER TUNNEL ALSO GOES BY NAME OF GOODLUCK CLAIMS. INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

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