| Deposit ID | 10020003 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12150 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Honorine Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bullion Coalition, Great Basin, Bauer |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.34469, 40.458 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1695 |
| Relative position | 5,750 FT. S 86 E OF STOCKTON CEMETERY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stockton(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 004S | 004W | SE OF SW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Aurichalcite | Ore |
| Beudantite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Mimetite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyromorphite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Result | SHIPPING ORE: 18% PB (32% MAX.), 6.5 OZ/TON AG (12 OZ/TON MAX.), 3% ZN (6% MAX.), 18% FE (25% MAX.), 25% CU (1.5% MAX.), 70 CENTS/TON AU ( 5 DOLLARS/TON MAX.) |
|---|---|
| Result | MILLING ORE: 8% PB, 10% ZN, 3 OZ/TON AG, 50 CENTS/TON AU |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Raddatz Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Raddatz Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Oquirrh |
| Rock description | Oquirrh |
| (1) | -112.34469, 40.458 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | District Is Between Ophir Anticline And Pole Canyon Syncline |
| General form | PIPE, TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| Discoverer | General Connor |
| District name | Rush Valley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Combined Metals Reduction Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | C/O Carr Fork Project, Rfd 1, Tooele Ut. 84074 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 15240M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12150 |
BUTTER, B.S.,ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 368.
HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PT. 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 60, 31
USBM, 1924-1928, 1940-1953, MINERAL YEARBOOK.
USGS, 1920-1921, MINERAL RESERVES OF THE UNITED STATES
USBM, 1924-1928, 1940-1953 AND GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 160
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAJOR ORE BODIES AT INTERSECTION OF BEDDING (N 70 TO 75 W, 60 TO 75 NE) AND FAULTS AND FISSURES (N 10 TO 30 E, 45 TO 60 W). THE INTERSECTIONS OR CROSSINGS ARE NAMED (FROM EAST TO WEST: CHICO. WEIR, KATHERINE, BASIN, KIMBERLEY, SHEWEE, BUHL, PALACE, GLORY HOLE, LEGAL TENDER AND KNICKERBOCKER (UNMINERALIZED) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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