The Mc Fait Canyon Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.29972, -112.21111
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Mc Fait Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mc Fait Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Mercury
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Bob Petray
Home Office: P.O.Box 297, Laytton, Ca. Ornia-96118
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO PITS OF 50X50X10 FT. SIZE; TWO TRENCHES OF 250X15 FT. SIZE; MANY OTHER SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ALONG A FISSURE, RUNNING IN A N-S DIRECTION. HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONES ARE SHATTERED, DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE HIGHLY PULVERIZED. LIMONITIC STAINS ARE COMMON ON HOST ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL,H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.
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