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New State Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020924
MRDS ID DC14279
Record type Site
Current site name New State Mine
Alternate or previous names Wasatch Utah, Golden Porphyry Drain Tunnel, Jefferson Extension

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78912, 40.58438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670
Relative position 4300 FT N04E OF GRANITE SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Draper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Forest(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 001E 01 SE OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO MAIN TUNNEL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN 1900 SIX INCH THICK VEIN ASSAYED 4,516 DOLLARS/TON AU, 46 OZ/TON AG, 4% CU
Result 10-12 INCH SAMPLES AVERAGED 250 TO 350 DOLLARS/TON AU
Result RECENT QUARTZ VEIN ASSAY (IN PPM.): AG - 2.5, AU-.21, CU-230, MO-1, PB-60, ZN-160, W-2
Result OTHER RECENT QUARTZ VEIN ASSAY (IN PPM.): AG-2.2, AU-.77, CU-750, MO-1, PB-45, ZN-45, W-2, CO-20, NI-30
Result RECENT CHIP SAMPLE (IN PPM): AU-.02, CU-85, MO-1, PB-25, ZN-55, W-2, CO-14, NI-18
Result OTHER RECENT CHIP SAMPLE (IN PPM.): AG-12, AU-.05, CU-30. MO-1, PB-40, ZN-30. FOR OTHER ASSAYS REFER TO JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 43-46, TABLE 5.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Little Willow
    Rock description Little Willow

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78912, 40.58438
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Little Willow Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF 160,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE BY 1932

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT 1500 FT. LONG, 1 SHAFT 320 FT. DEEP, RAISES AND WINZES, SEVERAL SMALL ADITS AND PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • WEST MOST WORKING IS THE GOLDEN PROPHYRY DRAIN TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 114, P. 43-46.

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DRAPER QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-377.

  • Production

    JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 43-46.

Reporter information

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

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