Rea Claim Prospect

The Rea Claim Prospect is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,050 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rea Claim Prospect
Secondary: Brewer Claim

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

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

Owner Name: Brewer Gold And Copper Mining Co

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: Dutch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PB-0.084
Analytical Data: PERCENTS, CU-1.155
Analytical Data: 25.50 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: SB-1.30. ANALYSIS FROM A 2 IN. WIDE SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE.
Analytical Data: AG-0.013
Analytical Data: ZN-0.180

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FISSURE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LESS OPEN AND THE TETRAHEDRITE-QUARTZ VEIN PINCHED-OUT. A QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKE IS EXPOSED A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF THE CLAIM, FARTHER DOWNSTREAM ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE AROUND 1900

Comment (Deposit): A NARROW TERRAHEDRITE-QUARTZ VEIN IS LOCATED ALONG AN ARCUATE, IMBRICATE MINOR THRUST OF THE OCHRE MTN. THRUST PLATE. THIS SECTION OF THE IMBRICATE THRUST STRIKES N38-60E AND DIPS 55-80 DEGREES TO THE NORTHWEST.

Comment (Workings): THE MOST IMPORTANT SEGMENT OF THE WORKINGS IS AN OPENCUT APPROX. 90 FT. LONG ALONG THE OUTCROP OF THE STEEPLY-DIPPING THRUST PLANE. TWO CONNECTING ADITS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WORKINGS EXPLORED JAROSITE-LIMONITE MINERALIZATION.

Comment (Geology): NOLAN (1935, P.151) REPORTED THAT SAMPLES RICH IN TETRAHEDRITE HAD ASSAYED 150 OZ/TON, AG.

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE FLOOR OF ACCIDENT CANYON

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE-INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 177, P. 150-151.

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 150-151

Reference (Deposit): 1980 MINEMAP UGMS-OPEN FILE

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 151

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