Jim Fisk Mine Nw

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087681
MRDS ID D008594
Record type Site
Current site name Jim Fisk Mine Nw

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24774, 40.37938 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 21,600 FT. S40W OF LOWE PEAK AT THE HEAD OF JIM FISHK GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowe Peak(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 13 NE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Limonitization,Sericitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Upper Madison Limestones And Lower Deseret Limestones
    Rock description Upper Madison Limestones And Lower Deseret Limestones

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24774, 40.37938

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Fractures And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10E
    Dip 40E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TUNNEL IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN LIMITS OF JIM FISK FISSURE; WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED; THE ORE IS HIGHLY OXIDIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.018HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; FEW SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PRINCIPAL ORE BODIES ARE THE REPLACEMENT MASSES ALONG FISSURES IN LIMESTONES; INTERCALATIONS OF PULVERIZED SHALES ARE COMMON IN LIMESTONES; SHALES ARE SERICITIZED AND KAOLINITIZED; VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE UPTO 1 INCH THICK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Mohammad, Hasan Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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