The Southern Belle Claim Group Prospects is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,840 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: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.15611, -113.81056
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Southern Belle Claim Group Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Southern Belle Claim Group Prospects
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION ON PRINCIPAL WORKING-UNSURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): STRIKE AND DIP IS ON ZONE OF PRINCIPAL FISSURE VEINS
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFTS, VERTICAL SHAFTS, MANY PITS 2 SHORT ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T. B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF PAPER 117, P1.
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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