The You Owe Me Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,089 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: 6,089 Feet (1,856 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.10583, -113.79806
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You Owe Me Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: You Owe Me Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2ND FISSURE TO SOUTH TRENDS N 80 E AND IS VERTICAL
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A 120 FT. ADIT.
Comment (Location): SW NE OF NE
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 17
Reference (Production): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
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