The Chloride Point Mine is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,022 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: 8,022 Feet (2,445 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.3542, -112.24060
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Chloride Point Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chloride Point Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: F. And S Co., Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Box 238 Tooele, Ut 84074
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Aurichalcite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): STOCKTON DISTRICT, 1932, U S GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 173, P 1
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