Confidence Claim

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227950
MAS/MILS ID 0490450024
Record type Site
Current site name Confidence Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.19772, 39.98054 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597

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)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010 S 012 W 04 SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.19772, 39.98054

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N73E
    Dip 65W
    Length 30M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N73E:65W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • 75 ORE IS A MINOR OCCURRENCE 75 CERRUSITE IS OXIDIZED ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 68M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 38
    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

Beyond USGS

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