Hawkeye - Mc Henry Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Antimony
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014917
MRDS ID D012035
Record type Site
Current site name Hawkeye - Mc Henry Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47134, 40.62105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 5,100 FT N 31 E OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 26 SW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS, SHORTLY AFTER DISCOVERY IN 1870, OF ORE FOUND IN A 90 FT. TUNNEL ON THE MC HENRY PROPERTY REPORTEDLY RAN 200 DOLLARS/TON (AVERAGE OF 65 ASSAYS) WITH THE LOWEST ASSAY RUNNING 22 DOLLARS/TON. IN 1890, A ONE FOOT VEIN OF ORE WAS DISCOVERED WHICH RAN 204 OZ/TON AG, 77% PB AND SOME ANTIMONY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Ontario Stock
    Rock description Ontario Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Weber Quartzite;Woodside Shale
    Rock description Weber Quartzite;Woodside Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.47134, 40.62105

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description Hawkeye - Mc Henry Fault, Frog Valley Fault, Park City Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 88 E
    Dip 40-60 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hawkeye - Mc Henry Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 1737.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • MC HENRY TUNNEL WAS 2000 FT. LONG; HAWKEYE SHAFT WAS AT LEAST 400 FT. DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 200,300, AND 400 FT. (DRIFTING TOTALED MORE THAN 2000 FT); THE HAWKEEY TUNNEL WAS ABOUT 1300 FT. LONG.

Comments on development

  • WATER PROBLEMS AND THIN, IRREGULAR ORE ZONES HAMPERED EARLY DEVELOPMENT, THE HAWKEYE AND MC HENRY MINES MERGED IN 1901

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORED THE MC HENRY FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references