Ontario Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042086
MRDS ID M058332
Record type Site
Current site name Ontario Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66161, 40.52022 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 3100 FT S 80 E FROM THE CENTER OF SILVER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 002E 36 NW OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THERE ARE TWO OTHER WORKINGS IN THIS GROUP, THEY LIE 200 FT NORTH AND 200 FT EAST OF THIS WORKING. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Ophir
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Ophir
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 45 - 75 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Lake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL ADITS AND ONE PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.