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Admiral Dewey Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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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 10020029
MRDS ID DC12200
Record type Site
Current site name Admiral Dewey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25497, 40.37716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8,750 FT S 30 E OF COMMADORE PASS

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 23 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Lamprophyre Dike
    Rock description Lamprophyre Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bowman Limestone
    Rock description Bowman Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.25497, 40.37716
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Crest Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N15E
    Dip 70 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N15e 70 Nw Fissure

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • A TUNNEL, AN INCLINE AND SOME SURFACE TRENCHES. THE TUNNEL IS A FEW SCORE FEET LONG AND THE INCLINE IS 150 FT. LONG.

Comments on development

  • ONLY A FEW SACKS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNNEL FOLLOWS A 4 FOOT LAMROPHYRE DIKE WHICH CUTS THE BOWMAN LIMESTONE JUST ABOVE THE BASE; INCLINE FOLLOWS INTERSECTION OF FISSURE AND BEDDING

Reporter information

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

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