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Treasure Hill Mines Co.

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020026
MRDS ID DC12194
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hill Mines Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27052, 40.39077 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF DRY CANYON

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS INCLUDE: SHELAH, THAD STEVENS, ARABELLA, AZURE QUEEN, SHOO FLY EAST, SHOO FLY WEST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Collophane Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27052, 40.39077
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Madison Limestone (N 60 W, 28 N). Deseret Limestone (N 40 W, 38 Sw).

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Contact Metamorphic Areas, At The Intersection Of North Striking Fissures And Limestone Beds, And Along Intersection Of Madison - Deseret Contact And The Fissures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MADISON LS IS A MASSIVELY BEDDED, FINE-GRAIN, DARK BLUISH-GRAY LIMESTONE. DESERET FM IS COMPOSED OF INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND SHALE.

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 (Dry Canyon)

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE MAIN WORKINGS: MORGAN AND BULLION TUNNELS, THAD STEVENS SHAFT. MORGAN TUNNEL ( 600 FT ) WORKINGS CONSIST OF WESTERN KING AND PAULSON INCLINE WINZE. BULLION TUNNEL ( 180 FT ) WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO DRIFTS. THAD STEVENS IS CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, W. C. AND F. H. GUNNELL, 1948 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF TREASURE HILL MINES, OPHIR MINING DIST., TOOEL CO., UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 4181 .

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1964 V. III, P. 1024

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 79, 1966, P. 83

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-06-1958

  • Production

    USBM REPT INV. 4181

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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