The El Dorado Prospect is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,941 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,941 Feet (1,506 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.16111, -113.28139
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El Dorado Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Dorado Prospect
Secondary: Desert Mining Co. Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
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: 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: 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 Aplite And Pegmatite Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mafic Dike Near The Vein Is Altered
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE AREA INCLUDES SILVERMAN, CHLORIDE CHIEF, SILVER POINT, AND SILVERMAN NO. 2 CLAIMS.
Comment (Production): 2 TONS OF PB-AG-CU ORE
Comment (Geology): THE MAFIC DIKE STRIKES N-S AND DIPS STEEPLY EAST. THE VEIN IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIKE.
Comment (Commodity): CARNOTITE COAT FRACTURE SURFACES AND CARBONIZED PLANT REMAINS.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS PROMINENTLY BANDED.
Comment (Geology): NEAR THE DOYLE SHAFT, CARNOTITE HAS REPLACED ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR AND A KAOLINIZED RELIC OF A FORMER FELDSPAR CRYSTAL.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE DOYLE SHAFT AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS, TWO TUNNELS. FOWKES (1964, P. 109) REPORTED A SHAFT. BUTLER (1920, P. 462) REPORTED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING, WITH NO LARGE ORE BODIES DISCOVERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 110, P. 77
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111.
Reference (Deposit): FOWKES, E.J., 1964, PEGMATITES OF GRANITE PEAK MOUNTAIN, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES, VOL. 11, P. 97 -123.
Reference (Deposit): PARK, G.M., 1968, SOME GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOCHRANOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN WESTERN UTAH: UNPUBL. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF UTAH.
Reference (Production): BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 111
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