Honerine Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252326
MAS/MILS ID 0490450052
Record type Site
Current site name Honerine Mine
Alternate or previous names Tip Top Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.3497, 40.45914 (WGS84)
Elevation 1590
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

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004 S 005 W 24 SESENE Utah

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Aurichalcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Jarosite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Mimetite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyromorphite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.3497, 40.45914

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 65N
    Thickness 450M
    Length 1800M
    Width 480M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 240M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N70W:65N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Rush Valley District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Co., Carr Fork Project
    Interest 100
    Home office Rfd 1, Tooele, Ut.84074
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES WERE ESTIMATED AS MINE IS INACCESSIBLE ADDITIONAL MINERAL FOR PAGE A-8: A PHOSPHATE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15000M
    Overall depth 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 5
    Length of Inclines (m) 100
    Slope of Inclines 30
    Number of Inclines 6
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 3000
    Number of Adits 4
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    2nd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    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-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references