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Morgan

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021237
MRDS ID DC15259
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan
Related records 10202876

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.42386, 39.93661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2478
Relative position CLOSE TO CREST OF SHEEPROCK MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 005W 29 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CERUSSITE VARIES FROM DARK GREY TO WHITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.42386, 39.93661
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Surrounding Strata (Nw, 40 Ne)

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 W
    Dip 50 - 55 S
    Depth to bottom 24.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A PORPHYRY DIKE IS EXPOSED NE OF THE SHAFT, 200 FT WIDE, TRENDING NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1891 - 1917

Mining district

District name Blue Bell District

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IS FROM THE ENTIRE BLUE BELLS DISTRICT

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE INCLINE SHAFT, TWO ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 431.

  • Deposit

    COHENOUR,R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 63, P. 116.

  • Deposit

    HEYL,A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-21-1958

  • Production

    BUTLER, 1920 , P. 430

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

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