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Herat Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041735
MRDS ID M057033
Record type Site
Current site name Herat Mine
Alternate or previous names Watson
Related records 10300591

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81556, 40.10493 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Relative position S. SIDE HILL 1000 FT NE OF CLIFTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(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 008S 018W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE SE OF NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Lime-Silicate, Rocks Formed

Analytical data

Result 1920 AVE: .025 OZ/TON AU, 11.1 OZ/TON AG, .3 PER CU, 7.4 PER PB, 1923 .021 OZ/TON AU, 16 OZ/TON AG, .15 PER CU, 11.4 PER. PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81556, 40.10493
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N52W
    Dip SW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE MUCH ALTERED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Watson (Estate)

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1920 150 TONS OF ORE, 1923-47 TONS OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 5 ADITS OR INCLINED SHAFTS SOME CUTS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIP IS LESS THAN 30 DEGREES IN MOST PLACES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

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