The Morrel Shaft is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,190 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: 5,190 Feet (1,582 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.99111, -113.21861
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Morrel Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morrel Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway District
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: J. F. Cannon
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Dugway Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fractures
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: Galena
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CAVED CONSISTED OF A SHAFT, AND SOME OPEN CUTS FOR FLUORITE CUT ALONG FRACTURE TRENDING N5E, DIPPING 28NW
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H. AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, TOOELE AND JUAB CO.S, UT; U.S.G.S. PROF PP 415
Reference (Production): EADS, J.P., 1981, UGMS; ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP. 41
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