Fortuna

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020871
MRDS ID DC14192
Record type Site
Current site name Fortuna
Alternate or previous names Fortune

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12969, 40.528 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position ONE MI NE 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 003W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES THE CONTENTION, KEYSTONE, FREEDOM, FORTUNE, BROOKS, CHESTER AND CONCHISE TUNNELS. THE MINE IS NOW BURIED BY THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE BINGHAM OPEN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE IS SOLID AND COMPACT AND CONSISTING ALMOST ENTIRELY OF SULPHIDES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Secondary Enrichment Reaches To A Depth Of 800 Ft.

Analytical data

Result 1909 : ASSAYS OF 2 - 4 % CU, 3 - 5 OZ AG, 0.06 OZ AU PER TON. LEAD ORES AVERAGE 30 - 35 %.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12969, 40.528

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartzite (S 25 - 30 W, 20 - 35 Nw)

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR PENCILS OR POD - SHAPED SHOOTS
    Strike N 30 - 70 E
    Dip 20 - 30 NW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZITE LIES ABOVE AND BELOW THE FORTUNE SILL WITH A THIN LIMESTONE IN THE LOWER CONTACT BETWEEN THE SILL AND QUARTZITE. THE LOWER CONTACT IS ALSO A ZONE OF MOVEMENT FORMING A TOUGH CLAY - LIKE GOUGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 311

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1917-1923. AND USBM MIN. RES. 1924

  • Deposit

    ZALINSKI, E. R., 1908 , ORE OCCURRENCES AT FORTUNA MINE: ENG. & MIN. JOUR VOL. 86 , P. 1191 - 95

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG THE LOWER CONTACT OF THE FORTUNE SILL WITH THE CALCAREOUS MEMBERS. CONSIST OF SIX VEINS: ABE LINCOLN, WINNEBAGO, SIERRA GRANDE, FORTUNA, MAYFLOWER, AND THE WEASEL VEIN.

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

Beyond USGS

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