Cross Bow Mine

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055167
MRDS ID RE00202
Record type Site
Current site name Cross Bow Mine
Alternate or previous names Bryan Claim, Laureo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22332, 39.99522 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 1 MILE WNW OF KELLYS HOLE

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 012W 32 NW OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • BULLOCK, 1976, REPORTS TRACE AMOUNTS OF LEAD AND SILVER, BUT THESE WERE NOT REPORTED BY STAATZ AND CARR (1964) OR AFRASIABI (1981)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration And Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22332, 39.99522

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Laurel Fault Strikes N-S To Nne And Dips 65 E

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 45 TO 84 EAST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • AFRASIABI NOTED AN IGNEOUS DIKE ON HIS MINE MAP BUT DID NOT COMMENT ON IT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cannon, J. F.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut
  • Type Owner
    Owner Margaret And George Willis Smith, Stockton, Utah

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 231.65M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A NNE TRENDING ADIT WITH NUMEROUS CROSS CUTS AND STOPES. ADIT MAPPED BY WHELAN AND AFRASIABI, FIGURE 15 OF AFRASIABI (1981).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 415.

  • Deposit

    AFRASIABI, HEDAYAT, 1981, A STUDY OF MINERALIZATION IN THE DUGWAY RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UNPUB. MASTERS THESIS, 72 P.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110, 89 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FISSURE VEINS OF FLUORSPAR WITH MINOR CU AND POSSIBLE TRACES OF PB AND AG. PERRY (1974) REPORTED VEINS UP TO 8 FT WIDE WITH PODS OF GALENA AND CHRYSOCOLLA NODULES UP TO 4 IN. IN DIAMETER. FLUORITE VEINS AVERAGE 3 IN. WIDE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1987 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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