Silver Island District

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Antimony, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000410
MRDS ID DC12093
Record type District
Current site name Silver Island District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83755, 40.88802 (WGS84)
Relative position THE DISTRICT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING MINES: CARRIE MACK, GETHIN LEROY, LODATO, MORNING STAR, MORRISON, SILVER GLANCE, SILVER ISLAND METALS, SILVER ISLAND, UTAH-SILVER LAKE, AND SILVER TIP. THESE MINES ARE MENTIONED BRIEFLY IN THE USBM MINERAL RESOURCES. NO EXACT LOCATION OF THE MINES ARE AVAILABLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graham Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83755, 40.88802

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description THE SED. BEDS OF THE RANGE STRIKE ABOUT NE AND DIP NW AND ARE CUT BY NUMEROUS FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name SILVER ISLAND DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 486 - 488

  • Deposit

    SCHAFFER, F. E. AND ANDERSON, W. L., 1960 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS., BOX ELDER AND TOOELE COUNTIES, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 15 , UTAH GEOL SOCIETY.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL RESOURCE 1921 - 1940

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-24-1958

Beyond USGS

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