Confidence Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021002
MRDS ID DC14662
Record type Site
Current site name Confidence Mine
Alternate or previous names Bachelor Claims
Related records 10179311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66607, 40.64577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2155
Relative position 7200 FT. N. 4 E. OF KESSLER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Aire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 002E 13 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ANOTHER TUNNEL LIES 200 FT. SW OF THIS LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Analytical data

Result SHIPMENT ASSAY 100-150 OZ AG/TON
Result 30% PB, 7% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Sills
    Rock description Diorite Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Doughnut
    Rock description Doughnut

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66607, 40.64577

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 45 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Intrusive Diorite Sills And Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. A. Parry

Comments on the production information

  • LEASERS MINED A LITTLE ORE IN 1931, A SMALL LOT WAS SHIPED IN 1932

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LOWER ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 220 FT. IN LENGTH. THE UPPER ADIT IS 600 FT. IN LENGTH WITH TWO WINZES LOCATED AT 100 FT. AND 550 FT. FROM THE PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT WAS FORMED BY THE INTRUSION OF THIN DIORITE SILLS INTO THE LIMESTONE COUNTRY ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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