Rube Lead Mine

The Rube Lead Mine is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,030 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

Name: Rube Lead Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Tooele

Elevation: 5,030 Feet (1,533 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 40.1853, -113.81060

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Rube Lead Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rube Lead Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Gold Hill District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Ramey, C. A.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Galena


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 177 BY T. B. NOLAN DATED 1935


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