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Glencoe Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041812
MRDS ID M057613
Record type Site
Current site name Glencoe Mine
Related records 10155074

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.46272, 40.60911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2304
Relative position IN GLENCOE CANYON, ONE MILE EAST OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 35 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result 1882 ORE CONTAIN 40 - 50 % PB, 40 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.46272, 40.60911
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Strike N 43 - 88 E, Dip 60 - 78 Nw Cut The Porphyry.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1870 - 1882 , 1889 - 1892

Mining district

District name Blue Ledge (Park City) District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS PRIOR TO 1912 INCLUDE TWO ADITS, 700 AND 2000 FT, CONNECTED BY A 154 FT INCLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J. M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF PARK CITY DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 77 , P. 198 - 200

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C. S., BAKER, A. A., & CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR, 1970 , GEOL MAP OF THE HEBER QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 864

  • Production

    BOUTWELL, J. M. ( 1912 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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