Rabbit's Foot

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020823
MRDS ID DC14051
Record type Site
Current site name Rabbit's Foot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12051, 39.90939 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1.25 MILES NW OF TREASURE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF WHEELER MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12051, 39.90939

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.7 % Cu, .1 % Pb, 17.7 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 500g/mt
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOWER, G. W. AND SMITH, G. O., 1899 , GEOL & MIN IND OF TINTIC DISTRICT: USGS 19TH ANN REPT, PT 3 - F, P. 762

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN G. F., 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 257

  • Deposit

    COOK, D. R., 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #12 , PL 3

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S., 1920 , ORE DEP OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , P. 407

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references