The Boulter Summit North Claim is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.98917, -112.22444
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Boulter Summit North Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulter Summit North Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: North Tintic
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Front
Type: L
Description: North Tintic Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT AND THREE.SHALLOW PROSPECTS
Comment (Geology): ADITS IN DESERET LS. AND SHAFT IN GARDISON LS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-
Reference (Production): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
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