The Silver Gap Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,979 feet.
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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: 7,979 Feet (2,432 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.38778, -112.27361
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Silver Gap Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Gap Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir District
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
Not available
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: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER, UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Near Axis Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): KNOWN FROM PATENTED CLAIM NAME, POSSIBLY CONSOLIDATED WITH OTHER PROPERTY
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, USGS PROF. PA. 173
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