| Deposit ID | 10088436 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12224 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Zella Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Zella Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.25386, 40.36077 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2512 |
| Relative position | 14,850 FT N 32 E OF USMM 7 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ophir(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 005S | 004W | 26 | SW OF NE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | 120 OZ./TON AG, 9 DOLLARS/TON AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Great Blue Limestone |
| Rock description | Great Blue Limestone |
| (1) | -112.25386, 40.36077 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Just West Of The Axis Of The Ophir Anticline |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ophir District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Brown, H. Ross, Jr. |
| Home office | 2200 Walker Lane, Salt Lake City, Utah 84117 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12224 |
BISSELL, H.J., (ED.), 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS AND FIVEMILE PASS-NORTHERN BOULTER MOUNTAIN AREA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 14.
USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1935, 1939 AND 1940
HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULLETIN 1135-B, P. 62.
GILLULY, J., 1932, P.141
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EXPLORATION ALONG FAULT TRENDING N 45 W AND ALONG NORTH TRENDING LAMPROPHYRE DIKE |
| Deposit | ZELLA GROUP INCLUDES ZELLA, MOUNTAIN TIGER, SILVER CHIEF AND ROCKWELL PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1982 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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