Kearsarge Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Tungsten
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042133
MRDS ID M058450
Record type Site
Current site name Kearsarge Mine
Alternate or previous names Moro-Kearsarge Consolidated Mines
Related records 10155121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27413, 40.38994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2554
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3,050 FT S 18 W OF COMMADORE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(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 005S 004W 15 SE OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES THE JENNIE CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aurichalcite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Locally Altered To Hornfels

Analytical data

Result EARLY ASSAYS TO 10,000 DOLLARS/TON AG
Result LATER 7 PERCENT PB, 2 PERCENT CU, 18 OZ/TON AG, 1.25 DOLLAR/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27413, 40.38994

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 30 N TO 35 N
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 30 N TO 35 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • HUMBUG FM. CONSISTS OF INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1871

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Intermountain Resources, Inc.
    Home office Kearns Bldg., Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
  • Type Owner
    Owner U. V. Industries
    Home office 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 1,000,000 DOLLARS IN ORE PRODUCED BY 1880, PROD. 1916-1918, 1922-1923, 1925-1926, 1936, 1939-1940, 1944, 1947, 1949-1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE INCLINE, SUBPARALLEL TO BEDDING AND ABOUT 1,300 FEET LONG, ONE 450 FT. TUNNEL 200 FT. LOWER, TOTAL OF 3,000 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152-153

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L., AND A-M. BURANEK, 1942, THE MONO AND KEARSARGE HOLDINGS, DRY CANYON, TOOELE CO., UTAH: UGMS CIRCULAR NO. 20, 23P.

  • Deposit

    ROMSLO, T.M., 1962, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 30.4.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1925-1930, 1935, 1937, 1939-1940, 1944, 1947, 1949-1951, MINERAL YEARBOOKS.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1916-1918, 1922-1923, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • Production

    GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 152-153

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO BEDDING, RICHEST ORE IN CALLAHAN STOPE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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