Oro Del Rey Mine

Plant in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10129781
MRDS ID D007360
MAS/MILS ID 0490450085
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Del Rey Mine
Alternate or previous names Evelyn
Related records 10012033

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.83724, 39.92243 (WGS84)
Elevation 2574
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshute Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010 S 018 W 26 NWSESE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.83724, 39.92243

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 0.7M
    Length 362M
    Width 67M
    Area 32HA
    Depth to top 31M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N05E:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Mining district

District name Willow Springs

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tripp, Alma
    Interest 100
    Home office 2025 South 1700 East Slc Utah 84109
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Evelyn Ltd. Partnership
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1989
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Kibbe And Co.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE RESERVES DETERMINED BY FIELD EVALUATOR

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1470M
    Overall depth 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 181
    Number of Adits 8
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-NOV-90 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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External references