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Success Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021178
MRDS ID DC15160
Record type Site
Current site name Success Mine
Alternate or previous names Ida Lull, Bamberger Mine
Related records 10228054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.7864, 40.1441 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 9700 FT N68E OF LUCKY DAY KNOB.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(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 008S 017W 08 SW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER MINERALS PRESENT: COPPER PITCH, MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, SCORODITE, CHALCOPYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Complete At Surface

Analytical data

Result 1920: .06 OZ AU, 32.3 OZ AG, 1.55% CU, 8.96% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.7864, 40.1441
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Considerable Post Vein Movement, Vein Cut By Ew Fault With Portion Of Vein Undiscovered.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 548.64M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALL ROCK THOROUGHLY CRUSHED AND ALTERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clark Wilson

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1926 AND 1927 SMALLER AMOUNTS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED, BUT THE AMOUNTS AND GRADE ARE UNKNOWN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SPOTTY LOW-GRADE OCCURRENCES REMAIN IN MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 502.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • USGS 7 1/2 MINUTE QUAD INDICATES 2 SHAFTS 3 LARGER DECLINES, 3 SMALLER DECLINES AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE GRADES; SULPHIDES/QUARTZ RATIOS VARY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 125

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PP 177, P. 145

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1976, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS REPORT

  • Deposit

    FL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND J.A. WHELAN 1970 MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DIST., UTAH: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 83, P. 28

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 145

  • Deposit

    1981 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL SURV. MINE EXTENSION

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS PP 177, P. 145

  • Reserve-Resource

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT ALONG 4-10 FT WIDE JASPEROID IS FOUND 1500 FT S44W OF PORTAL. ADIT IS STRAIGHT AND 60 FT LONG. JASPEROID ZONE TRENDS N25W AND EXTENDS ANOTHER 150 FT TO THE NORTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC
Deposit LOCAL SPHALERITE CONCENTRATIONS, DIP IS 30-45 DEGREES W, STRIKE N35-45W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

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