Eastside Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088434
MRDS ID DC12216
Record type Site
Current site name Eastside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24386, 40.36244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position ABOUT 1950 FT N71E. FROM LION HILL

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 25 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization And Silicification

Analytical data

Result AG 300 OZ/TON TO AS HIGH AS 6,000 OZ/TON
Result AU $6-$8/TON
Result PB 35 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Member Of The Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone;Long Trail Shale Mbr. Of The Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24386, 40.36244

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLROCKS ARE DEFORMED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, DOLOMITIC, SILICIFIED AND LIMONITIC. SHALES ARE GREENISH GRAY TO BLACK, CARBONACEOUS, KAOLINITIC, SERICITIC AND SILICEOUS. VEINS OF JASPEROID, CALCITE AND QUARTZ HAVE IMPREGNATED THE WALLROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Ophir District; Lion Hill Area.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F And S Co., Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND DRIFTS; CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 173, 167P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.

  • Production

    GILLULY, J., 1932, P.140-141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONES ARE LOCALIZED IN FISSURES WITH JASPEROID FILLINGS; WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY ALTERED AND DEFORMED; ORE IS COMPLETELY OXIDIZED.
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE LIES JUST BELOW THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER IN THE LOWER PART OF THE 'GREAT BLUE' LIMESTONES, ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE OPHIR ANTICLINE. THE ORE DEPOSIT OCCURS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE JASPEROID. THE ORE IS PRACTICALLY ALL OXIDIZED. ; 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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