Kim W Mine

Occurrence in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012029
MRDS ID D007350
Record type Site
Current site name Kim W Mine
Alternate or previous names K-W Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16193, 39.98494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 2600 FT. EAST OF THE YELLOWJACKET MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 012W 02 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Volcanics
    Rock description Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Woodman Formation; Fandangle Limestone-Lost
    Rock description Woodman Formation;Fandangle Limestone-Lost

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16193, 39.98494

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Buckhorn Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1980
Discoverer Mica Mines-Harland Breakhead

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Milo Kilian
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mica Mines

Comments on the workings information

  • WORK CONSISTS OF STRIPPING HILLSIDE TO EXPOSE STRUCTURES AND MINERALIZATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FRACTURES IN LIMESTONES
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED. WORK HAS CONSISTED OF STRIPPING THE HILLSIDE TO EXPOSE STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION. A PERMIT FOR MINING HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR FROM THE OFFICE OF OIL, GAS AND MINING. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Eads, James P. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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