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Cardiff Claims Mine

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100689
MRDS ID D008376
Record type Site
Current site name Cardiff Claims Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83668, 40.20049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 8400 FT S82E OF WOODMAN PEAK (7260 FT)

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF NE SE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83668, 40.20049
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) Distric

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Douglas Fox

Comments on the production information

  • ORE LOADING FACILITIES INDICATE SOME PRODUCTION. NO FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 110.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 363 FT (INCLUDING MINOR CROSSCUTS) ADIT WITH 2 WINZES (15 FT, 35 FT) AND A 40 FT RAISE IS THE PRINCIPAL WORKING, A PIT, TRENCH, AN D FOUR CLOSELY-SPACED SHORT (10-30 FT) ADITS ARE NORTHWEST OF THE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN HAS VARIABLE DIP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

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