The Red Jacket Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.09889, -113.80917
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Red Jacket Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Jacket Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: At A Depth Of 180 Ft, An Eastward Dipping Fault Terminates The Ore
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): N OF SOUTHERN CONFEDERATE
Comment (Production): PROD 1926
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS AND CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 148.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-29-1955
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