The Bryan Claim is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,921 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,921 Feet (1,500 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.99194, -113.22389
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Bryan Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bryan Claim
Secondary: Cross Bow Mine
Secondary: Glory Mine
Secondary: Laureo Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway 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
Owner Name: G. W. Smith
Home Office: Stockton, Ut.
Years: 1955 -
Owner Name: Dr. J. Floyd Cannon
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1889
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: Dugway Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: A Fault Zone Traceable For 1500 Ft (N10e At 65 Deg E)
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
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS PB-F VEIN IN LOWER ADIT (1964): 4.98 OZ AG/T, 6.83% PB, 0.41% ZN, 46.5% F. FROM F VEIN IN E. CENT. PART OF EXP. BODY: 73.4%
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DIMENSIONS ABOVE ARE EXPOSED SURFACES ONLY. VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF PALE GREEN FLUORITE IN COLLOFORM LAYERS 3/4-3 IN. THICK. ANOTHER 6 IN VEIN CONTAINS GALENA
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST A 300 FT LONG ADIT WITH SEVERAL CROSS CUTS. THE UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SMALL ADITS DRIVEN IN LAKE BONNEVILLE DEPOSITS.
Comment (Commodity): TRACES OF CHRYSOCOLLA, ANGLESITE, LIMONITE, HEMITITE THE PROBABLE ORDER OF CRYSTALLIZATION: GALENA, SPHALERITE, FLUORITE & QUARTZ
Comment (Production): APPROX 5 YEARS AGO-APPROX 20 TONS OF 97 PERCENT FLUORITE SHIPPED BY MILO KILLIAN: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JAN 81.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: STAATZ, M.H. AND CARR, W.J. 1964, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 415.
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO., UT: USGS PP 415
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UGMS BULL 110
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 01-12-1971
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS P.P. 41
Reference (Production): STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964. U.S.G.S. PROF. PAP. 415
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