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Mountain Queen Prospect

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155013
MRDS ID M057542
MAS/MILS ID 0490450018
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Queen Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.25553, 40.12994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1636

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Peak(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008 S 013 W 13 E2 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 75 ORE IS A MINOR OCCURRENCE 75 CLAIM IS ON A MILITARY RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.25553, 40.12994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3M
    Width 0M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N00S:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1937

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Army Dugway Proving Grounds
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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