The Reality Adit is a gold and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,969 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,969 Feet (2,429 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.80639, -114.02306
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Reality Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reality Adit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gash Brothers
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deep Creek West Flank Fault
Type: L
Description: Johnson Canyon Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: ASSAY ON LIMONITE-STAINED SAMPLE YIELDED 0.01 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRAND JUNCTION 1:250000
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 FT PROSPECT ADIT BEARING S45W.
References
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 99, 62-66
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