Mountain Lion Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012682
MRDS ID D008502
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Lion Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24941, 40.36188 (WGS84)
Elevation 2548
Relative position ABOUT 500 FT. N 13 W. FROM LION HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mercur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 25 NW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24941, 40.36188

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH JASPEROID. THE ORE IS HIGHLY OXIDIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCTION WAS ESTIMATED AS $120,000; PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND SHAFT; CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.

  • Production

    GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ALONG A NORTHWARD-TRENDING FISSURE DIPPING WEST.
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS CONFINED TO THE LOWER PART OF THE 'GREAT BLUE' LIMESTONE, WHERE IT DIPS GENTLY WESTWARD ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF OPHIR ANTICLINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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