Kearsarge Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020020
MRDS ID DC12181
Record type Site
Current site name Kearsarge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27274, 40.39022 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 0.5 MI WEST OF JACOB CITY

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES THE JENNIE CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE OCCURS IN A DARK GRAY, FINE GRAIN, INDURATED LIMESTONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aurichalcite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Alteration Of Limestones To Hornfels.

Analytical data

Result AVG. 7 % PB, 2 % CU, 18 OZ/TON AG, $1.25/TON AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27274, 40.39022

Economic information

Geologic structures

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)

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 21.34M
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HUMBUG FM CONSIST OF INTERBEDDED LS AND QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871

Mining district

District name Ophir District (Dry Canyon)

Comments on the production information

  • 1871-1880 EST. PROD. $1,000,000, PROD. 1916-1918, 1922-23, 1925-26, 1936, 1939-40, 1944, 1947, 1949-1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,300 FT LONG INCLINE WITH A TOTAL OF 3,000 FT OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 379.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 152-153.

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-18, 1922-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1925-30, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949-51

  • Deposit

    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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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