Craner Foothills Prospects

The Craner Foothills Prospects is a sand and gravel, construction mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,810 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Craner Foothills Prospects  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

Elevation: 4,810 Feet (1,466 Meters)

Commodity: Sand and Gravel, Construction

Lat, Long: 40.90194, -112.79361

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Craner Foothills Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Craner Foothills Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Secondary: Iron


Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Lakeside Mining District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Lakeside Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

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Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): PROSPECTS A AND C ARE PROSPECT CUTS IN GRAVEL, PROSPECT B IS AN ABANDONED DRILLING SITE AND ADIT D IS AN 80 FT. ADIT TRENDING N 50 W THROUGH IRON STAINED BRECCIA


References

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D THESI

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., 1964. GEOL. OF THE N. END OF THE LAKESIDE MTNS. AND GRASSY MTNS. AND VICINITY: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESIS.


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