Garrison Mines

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046163
MRDS ID M234152
Record type Site
Current site name Garrison Mines
Alternate or previous names Consolidated, Dutch Mtn. Patented Claims of the Garrison Gold and Copper Mining, Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83613, 40.2441 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 900 FT. SOUTH OF WILSON HILL (5764 FT.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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 007S 018W 02 SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization

Analytical data

Result AV. ORE GRADE: 1917-19
Result 15.33 PERCENT PB, 0.63 PERCENT CU, 2.38 OZ./TON AG, 0.004 OZ./TON AU
Result 1924-27
Result 6.70 TO 40.40 PERCENT PB, 1.16 TO 6.2 OZ./TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83613, 40.2441

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ochre Mtn. Thrust Fault, Garrison Monster Tranverse Fault, And Several High-Angle Reverse Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR ORE BODIES
    Strike NE
    Dip 30NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast-Striking Faults, Bedding Planes, Bedding-Plane Low-Angle Reverse Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CERUSSITE IS GRAY AND GRANULAR (SAND CARBONATE); SPHALERITE AND TENNANTITE WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE (NOLAN, 1935, P. 166)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson, Mr.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE ADITS, DRIFTS, AND CROSSCUTS, MOST OF WHICH ARE INACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • THE PAGE TUNNEL, RECORDED ON THE ELEPHANT KNOLL SE MAP, WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE OREBODIES ON THE CONSOLIDATED CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN, T.B., 1953, P. 164

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 164-166

  • Deposit

    U.S., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1916-1919; 1924-1927; 1930-1931; MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES 1934, 1938, 1939, MINERALS YEARBOOK

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 164-166

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY-OPEN FILES

  • Deposit

    1980 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY-OPEN FILES

  • Deposit

    1980 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY-OPEN FILES

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 164; USGS MIN. RES.; USBM MINERALS YRBKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1986 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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