The Sheeprock Mt Tin Lode + Placer is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.9378, -112.48890
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Sheeprock Mt Tin Lode + Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheeprock Mt Tin Lode + Placer
Commodity
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Cassiterite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Topaz
Unknown: Wolframite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CASSITERITE FOUND IN ONE PROSPECT PIT AT HEAD OF SHEEPROCK C IN GREISEN ZONE (AS REPORTED BY GRIFFITTS IN A FIELD STUDY SHEEPROCK MTNS). ALSO CASSITERITE FOUND IN SMALL AMOUNTS STREAM BEDS OF MANY OF THE GULCHES ON THE WEST FLANK OF TH SHEEPROCK MTNS. SOURCE OF PLACER TIN BELIEVED TO BE GREISE AT CONTACT OF GRANITE WITH PRECAMBRIAN SLATES AND QUARTZIT TUNGSTEN AND BERYL ALSO FOUND IN GREISEN ZONES.
References
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, ROBERT E, 1959, SHEEPROCK MTN, UTAH GEOL AND MINER
Reference (Deposit): GICAL SURVEY BULL 63, 201 PP.
Reference (Deposit): GRIFFITTS, WALLACE, 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS ON MAY 10,
Reference (Deposit): AT US BUREAU OF MINES, DENVER FEDERAL CENTER. HE IS A USGS
Reference (Deposit): LOGIST LOCATED AT THE DENVER FEDERAL CENTER.
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