The Rattlesnake Canyon Nw Workings is a stone, crushed/broken mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,089 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,089 Feet (1,856 Meters)
Commodity: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Lat, Long: 40.03917, -112.15639
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Rattlesnake Canyon Nw Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rattlesnake Canyon Nw Workings
Commodity
Primary: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Tertiary: Clay
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: North Tintic 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Front
Type: L
Description: North Tintic Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SE NE OF NE
Comment (Production): CRUSHED LATITE TUFF PRODUCED FROM PROPERTY, PRODUCTION AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): WEST ADIT EXPLORES A JASPEROID VEIN WITH CLAY IRON AND MANGANESE MINERALIZATION, OTHER TWO PROSPECTS AND QUARRY ARE CUT IN LATITE TUFF WITH SLIGHT NATIVE SULFUR
Comment (Workings): WEST PROSPECT IS ADIT 150 FT. LONG, NORTH PROSPECT IS OPEN CUT 117 FT. BY 270 FT. BY 3 FT. DEEP, EAST PROSPECT IS OPEN CUT 75 FT. BY 60 FT BY 2 FT. DEEP, QUARRY IS 600 FT. BY 210 FT. BY 10 FT. DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14
Reference (Production): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
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