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Napoleon Mining Co. Property Mine

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead
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  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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096901
MRDS ID DC12269
Record type Site
Current site name Napoleon Mining Co. Property Mine
Alternate or previous names Incas Group, Red Copper Queen Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.80917, 40.1766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1576
Relative position APPROX. 1600 FT. SE OF THE RUBE MINE (MAIN SHAFT).

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 017W 31 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF THE PROMINENT KNOB CALICO HILL (NOT LABELED ON 7.5 MIN. GOLD HILL QUAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Recrystallization Of Ls.

Analytical data

Result AVG. ASSAYS, PRODUCTION, 1917-1918: 0.11 OZ. AU PER TON
Result 2.6 OZ AG PER TON
Result 6.4 PERCENT COPPER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.80917, 40.1766
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault On The Northwest Slope Of Calico Hill Separating The Ochre Mtn. Ls. From The Oquirrh Fm.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Irregular Quartz Monzonite-Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Napoleon Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1917-1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.11 Oz Au, 2.6 Ag Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 73g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 206.35M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE A NUMBER OF ADITS, THE LONGEST OF WHICH IS 340 FT., WHICH BOTH PARALLEL AND CROSSCUT THE IRREGULAR LS.-QTZ. MONZONITE CONTACT. SHAFTS, PITS, AND TRENCHES ARE SCATTERED ON THE PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-SILVER-BASE METALS MINERALIZATION ALONG AN IRREGULAR, CURVING, LOW-HIGH ANGLE, FAULT CONTROLLED LS.-QTZ. MONZONITE CONTACT. A FEW MINERALIZED, SMALL FISSURE VEINS ARE ALSO ON THE PROPERTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1985 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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