Reaper Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227623
MRDS ID M057055
MAS/MILS ID 0490450078
Record type Site
Current site name Reaper Mine
Related records 10041737

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.82724, 40.11743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1887
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 008 S 018 W 24 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amphibole Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Powellite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.82724, 40.11743

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 3M
    Length 25M
    Width 30M
    Area 16.2HA
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N40E:80E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16.1999
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADDITIONAL MINERALS FROM A-8 ARE SPECULARITE; TITANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilson, Steve
    Interest 50
    Home office Salt Lake City, UT
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clyde Wilson
    Interest 50
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 189M
    Overall depth 40M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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