Honorine Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020003
MRDS ID DC12150
Record type Site
Current site name Honorine Mine
Alternate or previous names Bullion Coalition, Great Basin, Bauer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34469, 40.458 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position 5,750 FT. S 86 E OF STOCKTON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(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 004S 004W SE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Aurichalcite Ore
Beudantite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Mimetite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SHIPPING ORE: 18% PB (32% MAX.), 6.5 OZ/TON AG (12 OZ/TON MAX.), 3% ZN (6% MAX.), 18% FE (25% MAX.), 25% CU (1.5% MAX.), 70 CENTS/TON AU ( 5 DOLLARS/TON MAX.)
Result MILLING ORE: 8% PB, 10% ZN, 3 OZ/TON AG, 50 CENTS/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Raddatz Porphyry
    Rock description Raddatz Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34469, 40.458

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description District Is Between Ophir Anticline And Pole Canyon Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE, TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of N 10 To 30 E Striking, 60 To 75 W Dipping Faults And Fissures With Favorable Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Discoverer General Connor

Mining district

District name Rush Valley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Combined Metals Reduction Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Co.
    Home office C/O Carr Fork Project, Rfd 1, Tooele Ut. 84074

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1901 TO 1927 ESTIMATED TO BE 6 MILLION DOLLARS, PRODUCTION 1912 TO 1927 PARTLY FROM LEASEES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15240M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LENGTH OF WORKINGS WAS 1932 AND IS EXCLUSIVE OF STOBES. THE INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS WERE ORIGINALLY WORKED FROM INCLINES. A DRAIN TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN 600 FEET BELOW THE MOUTH OF THE HONERINE INCLINE AS A DRAINAGE TUNNEL (600 LEVEL). AFTER THE CONSOLIDATION A NEW DRAIN TUNNEL WAS DRIEN 13,000 FT. FROM BAUER AND INTERSECTED THE MINE ON THE 1200 LEVEL. WINZES HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO THE 1600 FT. LEVEL BY 1932 INSPITE OF 1,500 TO 1900 GALLONS PER MINUTE DISCHARGE OF WATER

Comments on development

  • CONSOLIDATED INTO BULLION COALITION IN 1910, CONSISTED OF 77 CLAIMS AND FRACTIONS, TAKEN OVER IN 1924 BY COMBINED METALS REDUCTION CO. ON AN OPTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAJOR ORE BODIES AT INTERSECTION OF BEDDING (N 70 TO 75 W, 60 TO 75 NE) AND FAULTS AND FISSURES (N 10 TO 30 E, 45 TO 60 W). THE INTERSECTIONS OR CROSSINGS ARE NAMED (FROM EAST TO WEST: CHICO. WEIR, KATHERINE, BASIN, KIMBERLEY, SHEWEE, BUHL, PALACE, GLORY HOLE, LEGAL TENDER AND KNICKERBOCKER (UNMINERALIZED)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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