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Daisy Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088437
MRDS ID DC12253
Record type Site
Current site name Daisy Mine
Alternate or previous names Norma Mine, West Dip No. 1 Mine
Related records 10154901

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27413, 40.31327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position 4,050 FT S 21 E OF USMM 7.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir(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 006S 004W 10 NW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION CHECKED BY PATENTED CLAIM PLATS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE DIFFICULT TO TREAT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED BETWEEN FOUR TO EIGHT DOLLARS PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27413, 40.31327
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On West Limb Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 60 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On West Mercur Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • UPPER SECTION OF HANGING WALL IS ALLUVIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Mercur District (West Dip Area)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SHAFTS AT PRESENT, ORIGINALLY TWO SHAFTS; WERE EACH ABOUT 700 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • MILL COMPLETED IN 1897, BANKRUPT IN 1900, REORGANIZED AS NORMA GOLD MINING CO. AND MINING RENEWED IN 1913, MINING ENDED IN 1917 WITH DESTRUCTION OF MILL BY FIRE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 80, P. 139.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 387.

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J. (ED.), 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS AND FIVEMILE PASS-NORTHERN BOULTER MOUNTAIN AREA, TOOELE AND UTAH CO.: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 14.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1916, MINERAL RESERVES OF THE UNITED STATES

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1899, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, AP. 15, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, L.O., 1913, CYANIDING ON THE WEST DIP, MERCUR: THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, SEPT. 30, P. 13-16.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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