Rube Lead Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088972
MRDS ID RE00147
Record type Site
Current site name Rube Lead Mine
Related records 10276916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8114, 40.18465 (WGS84)
Elevation 1521

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 017W 30 SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Plumbojarosite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Hematitization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8114, 40.18465

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 65W

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ MONZONITE EXPOSED IN THE 200 FT LEVEL. IGNEOUS UNIT IS THE JURASSIC GOLD HILL STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ramey, C. A.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF SILVER BEARING CERUSSITE WERE SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS: AN INCLINED (65 DEGREE) SHAFT 200 FT LONG CONNECTING FOUR SHORT LEVELS (58, 100, 150, 200 FT LEVELS). MINOR WORKINGS INCLUDE SHALLOW ADITS, A SHAFT, A PIT, AND A TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177.

  • Deposit

    EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Production

    EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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