The North Scranton Prospects is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah.
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North Scranton Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Scranton Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: North Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissure (N 17 E, 80 E)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATED LOCATION
Comment (Workings): A 100 FT SHAFT, THREE SHORT TUNNELS ON THE SOUTH AND ONE LONG TUNNEL ON THE NORTH.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE CONSIST OF ALTERNATING BANDS OF MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAY LIMESTONE AND DARK FINE GRAIN CHERTY LIMESTONE.
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE DOLOMITE SPAR
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN,W. & LOUGHLIN,G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 107, P. 272.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP GQ 141, 1961 BOULTER PEAK QUAD
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 01-30-1958
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