The Virginia Claim is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,240 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: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.98639, -113.17583
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Virginia Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway 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
Owner Name: J. F. Cannon
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1879
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: Dugway Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Two Fissures (N15w, 45sw; N80w, 80ne). The Buckhorn Thrust Fault Is 1000 Feet East
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF INCLINED SHAFT AND A SMALL SURFACE CUT.
Comment (Deposit): LEAD CARBONATE ORE FROM REPLACEMENT BODIES IN FISSURE VEINS.
References
Reference (Production): EADS, J.P., 1981, U.G.M.S., ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB AND TOOELE CO., UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 415 P 178-179
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