Confidence Property

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. 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 10106562
MRDS ID DC15291
Record type Site
Current site name Confidence Property
Related records 10179494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19693, 39.98077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 1/2 MILE SE OF CANNON CANYON

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 04 NW OF SW SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Fluorite Ore
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 CHANNEL SAMPLES (1964) ACROSS THE NORTH VEIN: 21.6 & 39.6% PB
Result 1.10 & 8.94 OZ AG/TON
Result 14.6 & 1.7 FLUORITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mtn Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mtn Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19693, 39.98077

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Are In Upthrown Block On The West Side Of Kellys Hole Graben

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N73E
    Dip 87 NW
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Faults & Fractures That Branch From The Main Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MAIN KELLYS HOLE FAULT STRIKES N35-45W. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FRACTURES WHICH ABUTT AGAINST THE MAIN FAULT AT RIGHT ANGLES ; GEOL.DESC: VEINS IN MASSIVE WHITE PROSPECT MTN QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cannon, T. Q.
    Home office Salt Lake City, UT
    First year 1956

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON THE S. VEIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT OPEN CROSSCUT TO THE VEIN WHICH IS EXPLORED BY A 63 FT TRENCH ABOUT 2.5 FT WIDE & 12 FT DEEP. ON THE N. VEIN ARE TWO ADITS, THE LOWER IS 124 FT LONG. THE UPPER IS 100 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • THE CONFIDENCE CLAIM WAS PATENTED ON JUNE 28, 1905, BY METALLIC HILL MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 415

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO., UT: USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 110, P 74

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 07-29-1970

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS PP 415

  • Production

    STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAP. 415

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO NE TRENDING VEINS APROX. 250 FT APART ARE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY. THE S. VEIN STRIKES N19E AND DIPS 82 SE. THE N. VEIN IS OF CHIEF ECONOMIC IMPORT AND STRIKES N73E DIPS 65NW TO 80SE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Eads, James P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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