| Deposit ID | 10088972 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00147 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rube Lead Mine |
| Related records | 10276916 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.8114, 40.18465 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1521 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 017W | 30 | SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Ochre Mountain Limestone;Prospect Mountain Quartzite; |
| Rock description | Ochre Mountain Limestone;Prospect Mountain Quartzite; |
| (1) | -113.8114, 40.18465 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30E |
| Dip | 65W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ramey, C. A. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00147 |
MESSENGER, H.M., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177.
EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE BODY OCCUPIES PROMINENT FRACTURES IN A THICK-BEDDED, STRONGLY SILICIFIED, HEMATITIZED, AND LOCALLY BRECCIATED LIMESTONE. THE N30E, 65NW ORE ZONE MAPPED BY EL-SHATOURY(1970) ON THE 100 FT LEVEL IS THE MOST EASILY DESCRIBED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1978 | Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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