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Cyclone Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203148
MRDS ID DC15246
MAS/MILS ID 0490450075
Record type Site
Current site name Cyclone Mine
Related records 10102142

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.81664, 40.07073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1810
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.81664, 40.07073
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 10M
    Width 20M
    Area 8.1HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N10E:50W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8.1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADDITIONAL MINERALS FROM P. A-8 AIKINITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Probert, Hilda And Danene
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 183M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Length of Inclines (m) 25
    Slope of Inclines 50
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

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