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Carrie Steel Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020045
MRDS ID DC12237
Record type Site
Current site name Carrie Steel Mine
Related records 10179401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21719, 40.32466 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position DIRECTLY UNDER THE MARION MINE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003W 06 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ARGENTIFEROUS STIBNITE $100 - $500/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21719, 40.32466
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strata ( 10-25 Ne Dip ), Three Crevices ( Few Inch Wide, 30 Ft Apart, Running Ne Through The Quartzite ).

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 21.34M
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camp Floyd District (Mercur)

Comments on the production information

  • EST. TO PROD. $83,000 IN AG IN THREE MONTHS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 432.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS WITH DRIFTS TOTALING 1,420 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SPURR,J. & EMMONS,S.F., 1895, USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, P. 385.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 382-383.

  • Deposit

    HUNTLEY,D.B., 1885, MINING INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: 10TH CENSUS, U.S., VOL. 13, P. 454.

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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