Bryan Claim

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10021223
MRDS ID DC15231
Record type Site
Current site name Bryan Claim
Alternate or previous names Cross Bow Mine, Glory Mine, Laureo Prospect
Related records 10276482

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22471, 39.99188 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 1/4 MILE N. OF CANNON MINE

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S;010S 012W 32,05 NW OF NE OF NW (05) Utah

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • TRACES OF CHRYSOCOLLA, ANGLESITE, LIMONITE, HEMITITE THE PROBABLE ORDER OF CRYSTALLIZATION: GALENA, SPHALERITE, FLUORITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS PB-F VEIN IN LOWER ADIT (1964): 4.98 OZ AG/T, 6.83% PB, 0.41% ZN, 46.5% F. FROM F VEIN IN E. CENT. PART OF EXP. BODY: 73.4%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22471, 39.99188

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Fault Zone Traceable For 1500 Ft (N10e At 65 Deg E)

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 72E
    Length 10.67M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures & Fissures That Strike Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. J. Floyd Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. W. Smith
    Home office Stockton, Ut.
    First year 1955

Comments on the production information

  • APPROX 5 YEARS AGO-APPROX 20 TONS OF 97 PERCENT FLUORITE SHIPPED BY MILO KILLIAN: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JAN 81.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST A 300 FT LONG ADIT WITH SEVERAL CROSS CUTS. THE UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SMALL ADITS DRIVEN IN LAKE BONNEVILLE DEPOSITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: STAATZ, M.H. AND CARR, W.J. 1964, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 415.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO., UT: USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UGMS BULL 110

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 01-12-1971

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS P.P. 41

  • Production

    STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964. U.S.G.S. PROF. PAP. 415

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS ABOVE ARE EXPOSED SURFACES ONLY. VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF PALE GREEN FLUORITE IN COLLOFORM LAYERS 3/4-3 IN. THICK. ANOTHER 6 IN VEIN CONTAINS GALENA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1994 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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