| Deposit ID | 10020020 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12181 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kearsarge Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.27274, 40.39022 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2560 |
| Relative position | 0.5 MI WEST OF JACOB CITY |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 005S | 004W | 14 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Aurichalcite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Result | AVG. 7 % PB, 2 % CU, 18 OZ/TON AG, $1.25/TON AU |
|---|
| (1) | -112.27274, 40.39022 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Beds Form The East Limb Of The Ophir Anticline. Beds (N-S, 30 - 35 N), Fissures (N 30 - 60 E, Steeply E) |
| Strike | N 45 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEP |
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Length | 21.34M |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1871 |
| District name | Ophir District (Dry Canyon) |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12181 |
BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 379.
GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 152-153.
USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-18, 1922-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1925-30, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949-51
BISSELL,H.J., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE S. OQUIRRH MTNS. & FIVEMILE PASS-N. BOULTER MTN. AREA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 14, P. 215-223.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1975 | Mc Coy, Gail | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1978 | Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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