The Pay Rock Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,732 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: 5,732 Feet (1,747 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.205, -113.82194
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Pay Rock Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pay Rock Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: North To Northwest-Striking Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW, 16 FT. ADIT TRENDING S20W, AND TWO PITS AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SPOTTED FAWN CANYON
Comment (Deposit): STRINGERS ALONG BRACCIATED BEDDING PLANES
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE-INVESTIGATION, UTAH: GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROFESSINAL PAPER NO 177, P. 150
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
Reference (Production): MESSENGER H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
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