The Cannon Tank Canyon Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,820 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,820 Feet (1,469 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.15833, -113.29472
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Cannon Tank Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cannon Tank Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Granite Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Swarms Of Northeast-Striking Pegmatite Dikes
Type: L
Description: Numerous Pegmatite And Aplite Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GANGUE: AMETHYST, HEMATITE
Comment (Workings): SMALL PITS AND MINOR OPENINGS. FOWKES (1964, P. 109) REPORTED "A FAIRLY LARGE" PROSPECT PIT.
Comment (Geology): THE LEUCOGRANITE IS GRAY, MEDIUM-GRAINED, AND NEARLY EQUIGRANULAR.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION REPORTED
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): FOWKES, E.J., 1964, PEGMATITES OF GRANITE PEAK MOUNTAIN, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 11, P. 97-123.
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
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