| Deposit ID | 10021254 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15292 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cannon Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Metal States Mine, Lauris, Laurel Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.22499, 39.988 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1451 |
| Relative position | LABELED AS CANNON MINE ON TOPO MAP |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 012W | 05 | NW OF SE NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Result | 3.2 FT. CHIP SAMPLE: 1.10 OZ/TON AG |
|---|---|
| Result | 20.42% PB |
| Result | 53.9% CAF2 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Prospect Mtn Quartzite | ||||
| Rock description | Prospect Mtn Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.22499, 39.988 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin & Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Laurel Fault (3000 Ft Long, Strike N-Nw Dip 72 Deg E |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | 72 DEG W |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 18.29M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 16.76M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| District name | Dugway District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. F. Cannon |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Ut. |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 161.54M |
| Overall depth | 16.76M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15292 |
SRC.REF: REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NO 71; UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SUR., 1972 P 11
STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J. 1964, GEOL. & MIN. DEP OF THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB CO, UT: USGS PP 415
BULLOCK, K.C.; 1976 FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL 110
DOELLING; H.H., 1972, DUGWAY RANGE FLUORITE LEASING PROGRAM, TOOELE CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN. SURV REP. OF INV. 71
1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS P.P.111
1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS P.P 111
USBM MIN YEARBOOK 1946, 1948, 1951
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOOD POTENTIAL AS FLUORITE PRODUCER |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1980 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1986 | Everts, Mike L. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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