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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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012225
MRDS ID D007723
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83613, 40.87798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2,700 SSW OF 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 017W 30,31 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hematitization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83613, 40.87798
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 85SW
    Width 1.52M
    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 Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 6 ADITS; UPPER PART OF PRINCIPAL FISSURE STOPED FOR A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 500 FT. AND A DEPTH OF ABOUT 100 FT. THE 6 ADITS TOTAL 1100 FT. LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TRIPP, B., 1980, UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON SITE INVEST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 2 N 25 E NEARLY VERTICAL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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