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Success Mine

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228054
MRDS ID DC15160
MAS/MILS ID 0490450072
Record type Site
Current site name Success Mine
Related records 10021178

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.78664, 40.14573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1693
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

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Jarosite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tennantite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.78664, 40.14573
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 0.2M
    Length 100M
    Width 30M
    Area 16.2HA
    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 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N40W:40W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16.1999
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clark Wilson
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-97 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

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