The Protection Claim is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,721 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,721 Feet (1,439 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.25167, -113.83528
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Protection Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Protection Claim
Secondary: Garrison Mining Co. Claim Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: 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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ochre Mountain Thrust
Type: L
Description: Intersecting High Angle Faults; N59e, 61 Se (Late, And The Ore Control), And N49w, 69sw (Early)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 30 FT. ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T. B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: PROFESSIONAL PAPER 177, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PLATE 2.
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1980, ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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