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Rube Gold Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Arsenic
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  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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020061
MRDS ID DC12268
Record type Site
Current site name Rube Gold Mine
Related records 10129817

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81056, 40.18104 (WGS84)
Elevation 1516
Relative position 7800 FT N48E OF THE CENTER INTERSECTION IN GOLD HILL VILLAGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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 007S 017W 30,31 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization

Analytical data

Result PROD. ASSAYS: 1921-1927, AVG. ABOVE 7 OZ. PER TON, AU
Result 37 TON SHIPMENT, AVG. 10 OZ PER TON AU, 1931
Result ADDITIONAL ASSAYS BY PERRY (1976).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Hornblende Andesite Dike
    Rock description Hornblende Andesite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mountain Limestone;Prospect Mountain Quartrite
    Rock description Ochre Mountain Limestone;Prospect Mountain Quartrite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81056, 40.18104
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form PIPELIKE ORE SHOOTS
    Strike E-W
    Dip 60N
    Plunge direction W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 70.1M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Hornblende Andesite Dike, E-W Brecciated Zones, Nw-Striking, 60-80sw Dipping Sheeted Zones In The Hanging Wall Of The Ore Bodies.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THREE VARIETIES OF ORE SHOWING VARYING STAGES OF OXIDATION AND CONTENT OF SULPHIDES, SILICATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Leffler Palmer

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Hill Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edith Lane

Production statistics

  • Year 1925
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Avg. Grade 8 Oz. Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 226g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. 1921-1924, 1929-1930, 1934, 1931-1940; 1932-1933, AU, AG, PB ORE PRODUCED WORTH $148,930.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 701.04M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS: AN INCLINED (AT 65 DEGREES) SHAFT 300 FT. LONG CONNECTING THE 65, 150, AND 300 FT. LEVELS. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS IS 2300 FT. OTHER SHAFTS, SHALLOW ADITS, TRENCHES, OPENCUTS, AND PITS ARE ON PARALLEL E-W BRECCIATED ZONES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN (1935), EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970)

  • Deposit

    EL-SHATOURY, H.M., AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST., TOOELE CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 83, P. 32, PLS. 1-3

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 136-138.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, OPEN FILE ASSAYS: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 136-138

  • Deposit

    1970 MINEMAP UGMS, BULL. 83, PLS. 1-3

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UGMS, OPEN FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON UGMS, OPEN FILE NOTES

  • Production

    USGS MIN. RESOURCES 1921-1931; USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK 1932-35 1940, 1948

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ORE BODIES IN THE FOOTWALL OF AN ANDESITE DIKE; THE DIMENSIONS GIVEN BY NOLAN (1935) FOR THE EAST ORE BODY ARE 3X15X135 FT (RAKE LENGTH), WEST ORE BODY, "SOMEWHAT LARGER IN CROSS SECTION" X 230 FT. (RAKE LENGTH).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

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