The Rattler Mine Group is a zinc and lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,362 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,362 Feet (1,939 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.26861, -112.88389
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Rattler Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rattler Mine Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Lincoln District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Karl Truman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Mineral Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Lincoln Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marble, Scarn
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BI ($4.00)
Analytical Data: ZN ($0.08)
Analytical Data: AG ($1.90), CU ($0.38)
Analytical Data: SAMPLES IN 1966: AU ($35.00)
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Workings): 6 SHAFTS AND 2 ADITS. LAST WORKED IN 1970 WHEN 1500 TONS OF OXIDE ORE WAS STOCK PILED ON THE DUMP.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS REPLACEMENTS ALONG A FRACTURED SCARN ZONE IN CONTACT WITH THE LINCOLN STOCK INTRUSIVE
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
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