Roy Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Iron, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041733
MRDS ID M057001
Record type Site
Current site name Roy Mine
Alternate or previous names Lead Carbonate
Related records 10154695

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.87251, 40.00521 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position 2600 FT N50W OF ABERCROMBIE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 009S 018W 33,28,27,26,34,35 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF NE NE LOCATED IN DRY CANYON, CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limestone Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Completely Oxidized At The Surface.

Analytical data

Result 36 OZ/TON AG, FROM OXIDIZED VEIN SAMPLE ON THE 2ND LEVEL. ON THE 3RD LEVEL FROM A 3 IN VEIN 44.4 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.87251, 40.00521

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault (East), Beds (Ne, 35-40w)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 38N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 15M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE LOCALLY DOLOMITIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Willow Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. A. Lindner

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^18 Oz Ag, 37% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 37wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 508g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • IT'S PROBABLE THAT SOME OTHER SMALL SHIPMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 11 ADITS, TWO SHAFTS, ONE PROSPECT AND 2 INCLINED SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, K.C., 1973, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB CO., UTAH, UGMS BULLETIN 99, P. 32-35.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH, USGS PP 177, P. 167

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1976, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS REPORT

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177

  • Deposit

    1973 MINEMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PHD DISS., UTAH GEOL. SURV. BULL. 99

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS PP 177, P. 168.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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