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Trace Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041774
MRDS ID M057547
Record type Site
Current site name Trace Group
Related records 10179226

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24108, 40.35494 (WGS84)
Elevation 2548
Relative position NORTH SLOPE OF LION HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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

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 005S 004W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES FOUR CLAIMS; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS A SOFT YELLOW SANDY OCHER

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE: 130 OZ/TON AG, $9/TON AU. LOW GRADE: 71 OZ/TON AG, $12/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24108, 40.35494
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE VEIN
    Dip 75 W
    Length 274.32M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District (Lion Hill)

Comments on the production information

  • $11,565 PRODUCTION TO 1880

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTLEY, DB, 1885 , MINING INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: TENTH CENSUS US, V. 13 , P. 451

Reporter information

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

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