The Laura is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.06389, -113.82167
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Laura MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laura
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO KNOWN PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QTZ MONZONITE SERICITIZED, LIMONITE STAINED
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS A ZONED SIMPLE PEGMATITE WITH LOCAL SEGREGATIONS OF MUSCOVITE MICA, MINOR BERYL AND RARE SAMARSKITE.
Comment (Location): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS: DESERT QUEEN NOS. 1 - 8 . RESTRICTED AREA.
Comment (Deposit): SOME MICA BOOKS MEASURED 6 IN. ACROSS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 CRIB FILES
References
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE DEEP CREEK MTNS, TOOELE & JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINER SURV BULL 99 , P. 27
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