| Deposit ID | 10094843 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC15252 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Roy Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lead Carbonate |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.87112, 40.00715 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
| Relative position | S FORK OF DRY CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clifton(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)
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 | 009S | 018W | 33,27 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Limestone | Gangue |
| Result | IN 8 TONS OF ORE IN 1917 : 18 OZ OF AG AND 37 % PB. 1973 - TRACE - 0.015 OZ/TON AU, 0.4 - 44.4 OZ/TON AG, 1 - 43 % PB |
|---|
| (1) | -113.87112, 40.00715 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | A Large Transverse Fault Striking East Is Exposed 1/4 Mi. North. |
| General form | BEDDED, VEINLETS & BLEBS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 3 E |
| Dip | 35 - 40 W |
| Length | 3.05M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Willow Springs District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC15252 |
NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 167.
THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MINERAL DEP. OF DEEP CK MTNS, TOOELE & JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINER SURV BULL 99 , P. 31 - 35
PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 473-477.
CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-30-1955
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROSPECTING HAS ALSO BEEN DONE ON THE PROSPECT MT AND BUSBY QUARTZITES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1975 | Mc Coy, Gail | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1978 | Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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