Whirlwind Tunnel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014886
MRDS ID D011966
Record type Site
Current site name Whirlwind Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Dutchman Mine, Dutchman Coalition Mines Co., Wild Dutchman

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60578, 40.52911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 7100 FT S36E FROM MILLER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 21 NE OF NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result UNKNOWN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Intermediate Dikes
    Rock description Intermediate Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Deseret Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60578, 40.52911

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Whirlwind And Dutchman Faults, Striking N20w And N90w Respectively

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Striking Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNNEL IS PARALLEL TO AND JUST EAST OF THE WHIRLWIND FAULT, THE DUTCHMAN FAULT WAS PENETRATED ABOUT 1000 FT INTO THE ADIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of last production 1880

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF 3000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1880. NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1880.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN IN A N20W DIRECTION FOR 1100 FT, ONLY MINOR SPURS AND RAISES.

Comments on development

  • ALL WORK WAS DONE PRIOR TO 1880

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DETAILED DESCRIPITION OF DEPOSITS AVAILABLE.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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