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Bald Eagle Claim

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088631
MRDS ID M057543
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Eagle Claim
Alternate or previous names Raymond-Bald Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.17832, 39.98272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 1/2 MILE S. OF RAINBOW MINE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 012W 03 NE OF NW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Fandangle Ls Altered To Dolomite

Analytical data

Result THIN SECTION: 50% HEMIMORPHITE, 20% HEMATITE, 20% CAVITIES, 5% CERRUSITE, 5% QTZ.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fandangle Limestone
    Rock description Fandangle Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.17832, 39.98272
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults Trending N,Ne, And E, These Faults Cut Off By Nw Trending Buckhorn Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 35SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Numerous Small And Moderate Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FANDANGLE LS IS HIGHLY DOLOMITIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT (25-15-10 FT), INCLINED SHAFT, TRENCHES, SHORT ADITS SHAFT NOT ACCESSABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Eads, Jim P. U.S. Geological Survey

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