| Deposit ID | 10020032 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12208 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Empire Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.24358, 40.36077 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2530 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1550 FT. N87E OF LION HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mercur(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 005S | 004W | 24 | SW OF NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Result | AG 130 OZ/TON |
|---|---|
| Result | AU $8/TON |
| Result | PB 12 PERCENT. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Bird'S Eye Porphyry | ||||||
| Rock description | Bird'S Eye Porphyry | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone |
| Rock description | Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue Limestone |
| (1) | -112.24358, 40.36077 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures, Fractures, And Fold |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | NE |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | NE |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | NE |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Year of last production | 1936 |
| District name | Ophir District; Lion Hill Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | F And S Co., Inc. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 640.08M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12208 |
BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.
GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.
BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT.2, 454P.
GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 140-141
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE ZONES ARE LOCALIZED IN FISSURES WITH QUARTZ FILLINGS, IN DEFORMED AND HIGHLY ALTERED WALLROCKS; ORE IS EXTREMELY OXIDIZED; ORE BODY DIPS DUE NE. |
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE LIES JUST BELOW THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER, IN THE LOWER PART OF THE 'GREAT BLUE' LIMESTONES, ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE OPHIR ANTICLINE. THE ORE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN OR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE JASPEROID. THE JASPEROID LIES IMMEDIATELY BENEATH A SILL OF 'BIRD EYE PORPHYRY; THE ORE FOLLOWED VERY IRREGULAR, GENERALLY NORTH-EASTERLY FISSURES IN THE JASPEROID. THE ORE IS PRACTICALLY ALL OXIDIZED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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