Undine Mine

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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 10301074
MRDS ID DC15182
MAS/MILS ID 0490450064
Record type Site
Current site name Undine Mine
Related records 10021195

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.82274, 40.14743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1739
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)

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 008 S 017 W 12 NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amphibole Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Gold Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Wollastonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.82274, 40.14743

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 55W
    Area 16.2HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N15W:55W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    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 Surface
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 Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Meyers, Floyd
    Interest 100
    Home office Ibapah, Utah 84034
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 40M
    Overall depth 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    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 2
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    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 09-JAN-97 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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