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Rattler Claim

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155374
MRDS ID M057544
MAS/MILS ID 0490450027
Record type Site
Current site name Rattler Claim
Related records 10103836

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.21142, 39.98324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Prospect Mountain Quartzite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 50E
    Length 33M
    Width 1M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N00S:50E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • 75 MALACHITE AND AZURITE ORES ARE OXIDIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Floyd Cannon
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 277M
    Overall depth 12M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 35
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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