Southern Confederate Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041739
MRDS ID M057064
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Confederate Mine
Related records 10276791

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81084, 40.09826 (WGS84)
Elevation 2054
Relative position 16 GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 017W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE NW OF SW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Extensive

Analytical data

Result .06 OZ AU AND 30-33.37 OZ/TON AG, 30-33% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81084, 40.09826

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone To 20 Ft Wide, Post-Mineralization Brecciation Of Vein.

Ore body information

  • General form ORE LENSES
    Strike N50E
    Dip 75SE
    Length 15.24M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ MONZONITE SERICITIZED, QUARTZ CHLORITE ADDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rachael Faris

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS IN 1918, 1919, 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SHAFT IS CAVED AT THE BOTTOM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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