1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Silver Reef Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088995
MRDS ID RE00234
MAS/MILS ID 490450349
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Reef Mine

Comments on the site names

  • Do not confuse with the Silver Reef in Washington County nor with the Silver Reef in Ophir District.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.72722, 39.9875 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF INDIAN CREEK CANYON. North of Indian Springs Post Office.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 008W 34 SW OF NE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification
  • (Local) weathering

Analytical data

Result PROD. ASSAY(1916): 488 OZ. AG PER TON, 0.235 OZ. AU PER TON, 0.15 PERCENT COPPER
Result ANOTHER ASSAY-40.5 OZ. AG PER TON, 0.02 OZ. AU PER TON. SEL. DUMP SAMPLES (UGMS): 18.85 OZ PER TON, 8.06 OZ PER TON
Result AU, 0.59, .476 OZ PER TON, RESPECTIVELY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.72722, 39.9875
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure name Country rock dips 30-35 NE

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 30NE
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 30NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Erickson District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O. K. Silver Mining And Milling Co.
    Year 1920

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • two tunnels, a shaft, small open cut
  • THE VEINS IS FOLLOWED AND CROSSCUT BY A NUMBER OF ADITS. PRODUCTION CAME FROM STOPED AREAS IN THE ADITS AND AN OPENCUT, APPROX 200 FT. LONG THAT NEARLY PARALLELS THE PRINCIPAL VEIN SEGMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, Simpson Mountains (Erickson District), IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, The ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 455.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M., III, 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH, p. 287.

  • Deposit

    Heyl, A.V., 1963, Oxidized zinc deposits of the U.S.: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1135B, p. 54-55.

  • Production

    LOUGHLIN, 1920, P.455; THOMAS, 1958, P. 287.

  • Deposit

    Consv. Comp. Date, 3-21-1958.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General ABW merged 10179447 and 10021218 into this record and recommended deleting the 2 extra records.
Deposit SILVER MINERALS AND AURIFEROUS PYRITE OCCUR IN SMALL ORE SHOOTS WITHIN A NORTHWEST-STRIKINg, 30-35 DEGREE NE DIPPING BEDDING-REPLACEMENT JASPEROID ZONE.
Deposit in a crush zone

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-06-01 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1978-01-01 Messenger, Harold M., III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
Updater 1978-10-01 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-18 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2008-06-20 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site