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Lakes of Killarney Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. 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 10020028
MRDS ID DC12199
Record type Site
Current site name Lakes of Killarney Mine
Alternate or previous names Nyanza Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29886, 40.36938 (WGS84)
Elevation 1871
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 6,700 FT S 66 W OF DRY, MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 21 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED UP TO 600 OZ. AG
Result SHIPMENTS AROUND 1932 AVERAGED 50 OZ AG, LITTLE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone;Manning Canyon Shale
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone;Manning Canyon Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29886, 40.36938
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On West Flank Of Ophir Anticline; Between Lakes Of Killarney, And West Mercur Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Old Stopes Cut Off By Fault N30w, 55sw, Parallel To Lakes Of Killarney Fault 100 Yards To East

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Two Bed Of Limestone About 40ft. Apart In The Great Blue Limestone

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

  • PRODUCTION IN 1925, 1934 AND 1938, PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1912 MAY HAVE BEEN UP TO 250,000 DOLLARS, 1912-1932 ONLY FEW TONS OF SILVER ORE SHIPPED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF WORKINGS IN UPPER LIMESTONE BED IN GREAT BLUE; TWO ADITS BOTH COLLAPSED, LOWER ONE HAS APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT. OF WORKINGS, UPPER HAS ABOUT 500 FT. OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1934, 1939, MINERAL YEARBOOK.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Production

    USBM, 1925,; USGS, 1934, 1938,: GILLULY, J, 1932, P. 142

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA ALONG FISSURES TRENDING N 10-15 W, N 20 W AND N 50 W , ALLWITH STEEP EAST DIPS; ORE OCCURS AS JASPEROID

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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