The Proberts is a iron mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 40.07, -113.81389
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Proberts MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Proberts
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
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: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Qtz Monz Sericitized And Limonite Stained. Ochre Mt Ls Is Silicified And Limonite Stained. In Barney Reevey Gulch, The Ls Is Altered To Wollastonite, Grossularite, Diopside And Calcite, Scheelite Is Present
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Conichalcite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALONG THE CONTACT OF SED & IGN
Comment (Workings): ONE SHORT ADIT, 10 FT AND TWO OTHER SHORTER PROSPECT SHAFTS, A 60 X 80 FEET OPEN PIT, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MINERAL DEP OF DEEP CK MTS, TOOELE & JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINER SURV BULL 99 , P. 28
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