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Old Jordan Mine 1863

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Iron
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020858
MRDS ID DC14143
Record type Site
Current site name Old Jordan Mine 1863
Alternate or previous names U.S. Mining Co. 1899

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15163, 40.50994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE OPEN PIT CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S;004S 003W;003W 35;02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS INCLUDE: JORDAN, GALENA, AMERICAN FLAG, LITTLE MATTIE, EXCELSIOR, EXCELSIOR NO. 2, AND STEAMBOAT. THE MINE TODAY IS UNDERNEATH THE WASTE DUMPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE CUPRIFEROUS PYRITE IS EVEN FINE GRAINED AND MASSIVE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1905 : 65 % PB, 25 OZ AG, $2.20 AU IN THE LIONS DEN ORE BODY. AVERAGE: 2 - 3 % CU, 12 - 20 CENTS AU, 3 - 5 OZ AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Dikes And Sills
    Rock description Monzonite Dikes And Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lower And Upper Bingham Mine Formation
    Rock description Lower And Upper Bingham Mine Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15163, 40.50994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Jordan Ls (N-S, N 30 - 55 E, 45 Nw), Fractures (N 30 - 50 E, N 30 - 60 W), Roll Fault (N 40 W, 40 Sw, 275 Ft Displc.), Other Faults (N 30 - 45 E, 75 - 85 E; N 36 - 75 W, N & S Dip)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR PARALLEL BEDDING OR VERTICAL ALONG FISSURES
    Dip 30 - 35 NW
    Thickness 39.62M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE ARE BANDED WHITE AND GRAY. QUARTZITE UNDERLIES THE LS AND MONZONITE CUTS BOTH THE LS AND QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer G.B. Ogilvie (Jordan Silver Mining Co.)
Year of first production 1870
Production years 1891-1892

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TO 1900 TOTALED $12,000,000 .

Comments on the workings information

  • CHIEF LEVELS OF THE MINE ARE: NO. 1 TUNNEL, DELIA B OR MILL TUNNEL, UTAH TUNNEL, 400 FT LEVEL AND THE 500 FT. LEVEL. TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS INCLUDING THE NIAGARA AND TELEGRAPH MINE EXCEEDS 15 MILES.

Comments on development

  • THE U.S. MINING CO OF 1899 TOOK CONTROL OF THE OLD JORDAN, GALENA (INCLUDING THE NORTHERN LIGHT, ORPHAN BOY, LIVE PINE, ETC.), UTAH, NIAGARA, SPANISH, AND OLD TELEGRAPH MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 213-D, 1902, P. 108.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 260, 1904, P. 239

  • Deposit

    3A) UTAH G & MS BULL. 82, 1969, P. 211

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958

  • Deposit

    1885 OTHER HUNTLEY, D.B., TENTH CENSUS, U.S., V. 13

  • Deposit

    1905 COMPILE BOUTWELL, J.M., USGS PROF PA. 38

  • Deposit

    ALL WORKS DONE BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

  • Deposit

    1920 COMPILE BUTLER, B.S., USGS PROF PA 111

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP TOOKER, ROBERTS, MOORE, USGS PROF PA 629AB

  • Production

    USBM MIN. RES 1916 - 1920

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANALYSIS OF LIMESTONE FROM EMMA WEST DRIFT GIVES: GRAY LS: 12.5 % SIO2, 1.99 % AL2O3, 3.66 % MGO, 48.34 % CAO, 4.31 % H2O, 28.06 % CO2, 0.56 % P2O5; WHITE LS: 50.41 % SIO2, 0.80 % AL2O3, 24.57 % MGO, 9.74 % CAO, 11.81 % H2O, 1.61 % CO2, 0.15 % P2O5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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