The Muscatine Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,820 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,820 Feet (1,774 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.44611, -112.33361
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Muscatine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Muscatine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Rush Valley 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER, UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Type: L
Description: On East Limb Of Ophir Anticline And West Limb Of Pole Canyon Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Marbleization
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPENED BY SEVERAL INCLINES, LONGEST IS ABOUT 350 FEET LONG WHERE CUT OFF AGAINST A NORTH WEST WARD-TRENDING FAULT
Comment (Geology): OQUIRRH FM. STRIKES N 70 E AND DIPS 40 TO 45 N
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURED IN PARTLY MARMARIZED AND SILICIFIED LIMESTONE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEVERAL SMALL PORPHYRY MASSES. ORE OCCURRED IN NORTHWEST WARD PITCHING SHOOTS, IN SOME STOPES ABOVE 30 FT. WIDE AND IN OTHERS ONLY 10 FT. WIDE. SHOOTS WERE CONNECTED ALONG STRIKE BY THIN LEADS OF MINERALIZZTION. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE ABUNDANT JASPEROID AND HORNFELS AS WELL AS THE MARBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 163
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