| Deposit ID | 10300989 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490450058 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alvarado Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.81524, 40.17103 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1855 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007 S | 017 W | 31 | SESESE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Chalcanthite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Covellite | Unknown |
| Diopside | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Jarosite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Tremolite | Unknown |
| Vesuvianite | Unknown |
| Wollastonite | Unknown |
| Zoisite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.81524, 40.17103 |
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| Strike | N45W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 45W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Year of first production | 1892 |
| District name | Gold Hill District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Woodman Mining Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Gold Hill, Ut |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 525M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490450058 |
USGS PROF. PAPER 177 BY T.B. NOLAN DATED 1932
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Utah Geological And Mineral Survey | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 06/04/2013 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 4202593 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Alvarado Mine |
| Current operator | Clifton Mining Company |
| Current controller (parent) | Moeller William D |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1334 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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