The Tennesee Rebel Prospect is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,545 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: 6,545 Feet (1,995 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.93222, -112.12111
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Tennesee Rebel Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tennesee Rebel Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER
Form: OTHER
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880S
Comment (Location): SOUTH SLOPE OF EUREKA RIDGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): A PROSPECT SHAFT WITH EAST-WEST CROSSCUTS
Comment (Deposit): NO DEPOSIT WAS FOUND
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS FAILED TO DISCOVER ORE RUN OR CHANNEL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TOWER, G.W., JR., 1900, TINTIC SPECIAL FOLIO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S. FOLIO 65.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
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