The Footes No. 1-2 Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,660 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,660 Feet (2,030 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.94111, -112.74278
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Footes No. 1-2 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Footes No. 1-2 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Vernon Slaughter
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS FILLING FRACTURES PARALLEL TO THE QUARTZITE-PHYLLITE CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, ALL CAVED CROSS-CUTTING THE QUARTZITE-PHYLLITE CONTACT. THE EASTERN MOST PROSPECT MARKED ON THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUAD. HAS A SMALL CAVED ADIT APPROX. 15 FT. ABOVE IT TO THE EAST.
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M., 3 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU M.S. THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 63.
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