The Reaper Claims is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,050 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,050 Feet (1,844 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.11583, -113.82056
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Reaper Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reaper Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR PIPELIKE MASS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bertrandite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Apatite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Location): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO THIN BASIC DIKES NE AND E OF MINE, A QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEIN IS EXPOSED ON THE EAST
Comment (Production): PROD 2,000 UNITS OF WO3 FROM 1915-1917
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: W MINED OUT
Comment (Deposit): PIPELIKE SHAPE AT THE SURFACE, CONTRACTS IN SIZE DOWNWARD AND CHANGES INTO TABULAR FORM. AT THE 50 FT LEVEL, TWO TONGUES EXTENDED OUT FROM THE PIPELIKE MASS.
Comment (Workings): A 105 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, TWO LEVELS AT 56 & 105 FT, OPEN PIT AT THE SURFACE TO 56 FT LEVEL, SEVERAL PROSPECT HOLES
References
Reference (Deposit): GRIFFITTS,W.R., 1965, RECENTLY DISCOVERED BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS NEAR GOLD HILL: ECON. GEOL., VOL. 60, P. 1298-1305.
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT,F.D., 1961, TUNGST5N DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 119-121.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-28-1955
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