The Tobar Claim is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,630 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,630 Feet (1,716 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.1925, -113.84167
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Tobar Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tobar Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) Distrist
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Danene And Blake Probert
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
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Pool Canyon Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Recrystallization, Silication
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A BLACK, SHALY HORNFELS, PROBABLY OF THE MANNING CANYON FORMATION, IS IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE N30W, 47SW IRON OXIDE ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): A N35E (ESTIMATED STRIKE), VERTICALLY DIPPING QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKE IS EXPOSED ON THE SOUTH END OF THE BULLDOZER CUT.
References
Reference (Production): MESSEENGER H.M. III, 1980, ON SITE-INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B, 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO 177
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