The Stansbury Prospect is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,389 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,389 Feet (2,557 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.50833, -112.59917
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Stansbury Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stansbury Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Third Term
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
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: Basin And Mountains, Stansbury Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deseret Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ZN 11.24 PERCENT, FROM A 5 IN WIDE SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE NEAR THE NORTHERN END OF THE 120 FT. DRIFT.
Analytical Data: PB 4.88 PERCENT
Analytical Data: AG, OZ./TON, .80
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ADIT LABELED "THIRD TERM MINE" ON THE TIMPIE MAP IS ACTUALLY THE PRINCIPAL ADIT FOR THE STANSBURY MINE. THE STANSBURY MINE AND THE THIRD TERM MINE ARE ON THE OPPOSING NORTH AND SOUTH SLOPES, RESPECTIVELY, OF A PROMINENT KNOB IN THE NE 1/4 SEC. 2, T4S, R7W (PROJ.). ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): A S75E, 83 FT. LONG ADIT INTERSECTS A 123 FT. DRIFT THAT IS IN THE MINERALIZED N-S BRECCIA ZONE AND INCLUDES 113 FT. OF CROSSCUTS AND A 38 DEGREE INCLINED OPEN STOPE THAT WAS USED FOR HAULAGE, EXTENDING BELOW THE 123 FT. DRIFT AN UNDETERMINED DISTANCE.
Comment (Geology): AN ASSAY FROM A SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE CARRIED 11.24 PERCENT ZINC, INDICATING, FROM THE APPEARANCE, THE PROBABLE PRESENCE OF SMITHSONITE.
Comment (Development): THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FIELD WORK (1980) WAS PART OF A MINERAL RESOURCES ERALVATION OF A RARE II AREA (04-757) IN THE STANSBURY MTNS. SECTION (GRANTSVILLE DIV.) OF THE WASATCH NATIONAL FOREST.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): ALMQUIST, CARL, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER, COLORADO
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION,: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 13, UTAH GEOL. SOCIETY.
Reference (Deposit): 1980 GEOLMAP U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER
Reference (Deposit): 1980 GEOLMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, HAROLD M., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
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