Reaper Claims

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite, Beryllium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Arsenic
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108886
MRDS ID DC15194
Record type Site
Current site name Reaper Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8214, 40.11576 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 3/4 MI N-NW OF CLIFTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 24 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TWO PATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Bertrandite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8214, 40.11576

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PIPELIKE MASS
    Strike NE
    Dip 90
    Length 18.29M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 32M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO THIN BASIC DIKES NE AND E OF MINE, A QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEIN IS EXPOSED ON THE EAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Comments on the production information

  • PROD 2,000 UNITS OF WO3 FROM 1915-1917

Comments on the workings information

  • A 105 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, TWO LEVELS AT 56 & 105 FT, OPEN PIT AT THE SURFACE TO 56 FT LEVEL, SEVERAL PROSPECT HOLES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: W MINED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIPELIKE SHAPE AT THE SURFACE, CONTRACTS IN SIZE DOWNWARD AND CHANGES INTO TABULAR FORM. AT THE 50 FT LEVEL, TWO TONGUES EXTENDED OUT FROM THE PIPELIKE MASS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.