The Rattler Claim is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.98722, -113.21194
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Rattler Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rattler Claim
Secondary: Goodluck Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway 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
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 Year: 1892
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
Form: SMALL, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Fault: N-Nw, 50e
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: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): TWO LEVELS OF WORKINGS: ONE AT 4800 FT AND THE OTHER AT 5600 FT
Comment (Workings): LOWER RATTLER TUNNEL: 490 FT. WITH A 285 FT. DRIFT 45 FT FROM PORTAL. UPPER RATTLER ADIT-110 FT. LONG. TWO SHAFTS. THE LOWER TUNNEL ALSO GOES BY NAME OF GOODLUCK CLAIMS. INACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 110, P. 75
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H. & CARR, W.J., 1964 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB & TOOELE CO., UTAH: USGS PROF. P. 415
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41
Reference (Production): EADS, J.R., 1981, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.
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