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Commodore Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020015
MRDS ID DC12174
Record type Site
Current site name Commodore Mine
Alternate or previous names Utah Ophir Mines Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.26997, 40.40161 (WGS84)
Elevation 2984
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 10,300 FT. S 10 W OF COMMODORE PASS

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 005S 004W 10 SE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.26997, 40.40161
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description On East Limb Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOVE THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MBR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY LESS THAN 10,000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION 1908-1918; SMALL PRODUCTION 1933-1934, 1936-1938

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAVED BY 1932, INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1916, 1917, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1934-19398 MINERAL YEARBOOK.

  • Production

    GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 152

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION IN 1933-1934 AND 1936-1938 CAME FROM THE COMMODORE GROUP OF THE UTAH OPHIR MINES CO. AND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FROM THE COMMODORE MINE ITSELF ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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