| Deposit ID | 10088433 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12212 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Three Metals Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.24191, 40.36411 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2225 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 2400 FT N.54E. FROM LION HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mercur(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 005S | 004W | 24 | SE OF SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Result | AG 90 OZ/TON |
|---|---|
| Result | AU $3/TON |
| Result | CU TRACES |
| Result | PB 11 PERCENT |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Great Blue Limestone;Humbug Formation |
| Rock description | Great Blue Limestone;Humbug Formation |
| (1) | -112.24191, 40.36411 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fissures, Fractures And Folds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N15W TO N50W |
| Dip | 12E TO 40E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1923 |
| Year of last production | 1925 |
| District name | Ophir District; Lion Hill Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ophir Metal Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12212 |
BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.
GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.
BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.
GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 141-142.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE ZONES ARE LOCALIZED IN FISSURES WITH QUARTZ FILLINGS, IN DEFORMED AND HIGHLY ALTERED WALLROCKS; ORE IS COMPLETELY OXIDIZED; ORE BODY DIPS S40W |
| Deposit | THE TUNNEL BEING A CROSSCUT, PENETRATING THE LOWER PART OF THE 'GREAT BLUE' LIMESTONE AND THE UPPER PART OF THE HUMBUG FORMATION. THE FISSURES INTERSECTED IN THE TUNNEL ALL STRIKE NORTHEAST. MOST OF THEM DIP WEST, BUT ONE SHEETED ZONE ALONG WHICH THE TUNNEL IS DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 300 FEET NEAR THE PORTAL, HAS A SOUTHWARD DIP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Mohammad, Hasan | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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