Bromide Basin Mine

Past Producer in Garfield county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015315
MRDS ID DB00705
Record type Site
Current site name Bromide Basin Mine
Related records 10154254

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79295, 38.06692 (WGS84)
Elevation 3164
Relative position IN BROMIDE BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Garfield(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ellen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hanksville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fremont(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Garfield

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 010E 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE - 6 INCH SEGMENT OF VEIN
Result GOLD 0.8 OZ./TON SILVER 1.2 OZ./TON, COPPER 10.75 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mt. Ellen Diorite
    Rock description Mt. Ellen Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mancos Shale

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Henry Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 15M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer J. C. Sumner And Jack Butler
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Henry Mtns./Bromide Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frank Lawler

Comments on the production information

  • PRE - 1910 PRODUCTION VALUE FOR GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER IS $25,000

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORE ON DUMPS AND WORKINGS; FISSURE NOT FULLY EXPLORED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 199.64M
    Overall length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT. ACCESSIBLE, INACCESSIBLE WORKINGS INCLUDE 125 FT. SHAFT, AND 380 FOOT DRIFT ALONG FISSURE. SURFACE CUTS ACROSS VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOOD ORE IN POCKETS ALONG FISSURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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