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Unknown Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012221
MRDS ID D007710
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84002, 40.88631 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position 2000 FT S56W LAMUS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graham Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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 002N 017W 30 SW OF SW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result TUNNEL A: SAMPLE NO. 1-.11 OZ. AG, LESS THAN .001 OZ. AU, .092% CU, .014% PB, .013% ZN
Result SAMPLE NO. 2-1.1 OZ. AG, .024 OZ. AU., .194% CU, .048% PB, .013% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dome Formation
    Rock description Dome Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84002, 40.88631
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Limb Of Campbell Peak Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Island District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • AN UNKNOWN, BUT SMALL, AMOUNT OF CU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1980.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • NINE WORKINGS ON SAME FISSURE SYSTEM 4 ADITS; 1 TUNNEL; 3 PROSPECT PITS; 1 SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHAEFFER, F.E., 1960. GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 15

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B., 1980. UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B., 1980. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NINE WORKINGS IN SAME AREA
Deposit ADIT B ASSAY: 1.55 OZ. AG, .105 OZ. AU, .55% CU, .125% PB .049% ZN: ADIT C ASSAY 1.82 OZ. AG, .050 OZ. AU, .113% CU, .115% PB, .049% ZN ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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