Climax

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019983
MRDS ID DC12121
Record type Site
Current site name Climax

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55581, 40.67104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 7 MI W-NW OF GRANTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flux(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 002S 007W Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 24 - 42 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.55581, 40.67104

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Free Coinage District

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL; FORMERLY PROD. PB 40 TONS OF ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN. RES. OF THE U.S., 1916, PT. 1, P. 454

  • Deposit

    HEYL, 1963, USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 54

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 09-25-1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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