The Rube Lead Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,990 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,990 Feet (1,521 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.18472, -113.81056
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Rube Lead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rube Lead Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ramey, C. A.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Hematitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ MONZONITE EXPOSED IN THE 200 FT LEVEL. IGNEOUS UNIT IS THE JURASSIC GOLD HILL STOCK
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODY OCCUPIES PROMINENT FRACTURES IN A THICK-BEDDED, STRONGLY SILICIFIED, HEMATITIZED, AND LOCALLY BRECCIATED LIMESTONE. THE N30E, 65NW ORE ZONE MAPPED BY EL-SHATOURY(1970) ON THE 100 FT LEVEL IS THE MOST EASILY DESCRIBED.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL WORKINGS: AN INCLINED (65 DEGREE) SHAFT 200 FT LONG CONNECTING FOUR SHORT LEVELS (58, 100, 150, 200 FT LEVELS). MINOR WORKINGS INCLUDE SHALLOW ADITS, A SHAFT, A PIT, AND A TRENCH.
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNTS OF SILVER BEARING CERUSSITE WERE SHIPPED
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M., 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 177.
Reference (Deposit): EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Production): EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970
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