The Julie Claim Prospects is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,381 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: 6,381 Feet (1,945 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.37167, -112.29083
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Julie Claim Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Julie Claim Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir 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
Ownership
Owner Name: Getty Minerals
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Southern Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On West Limb Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT WITH DEEP WINZE AT PORTAL
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 83.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 366-370.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
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