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Cane Springs Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Arsenic
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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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021192
MRDS ID DC15178
Record type Site
Current site name Cane Springs Mine
Related records 10227979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83862, 40.16326 (WGS84)
Elevation 1679
Relative position APPROX. 2500 SOUTHWEST OF GOLD HILL VILLAGE

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 018W 02 NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PB, ZN, AND MO IN ASSAY RESULTS BY UGMS (MESSENGER, 1980). MOLYBDENITE REPORTED BY KEMP AND BILLINGSLEY (1918) AND NOLAN (1935). SCORODITE WAS TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED BY MESSENGER (1980) IN SHALLOW WORKINGS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Recrystallization, Silication

Analytical data

Result FLINT (1960): AU, TR-.52 OZ/TON
Result AG, TR-.20 OZ/TON
Result .11-1.03 PERCENT CU MATHEZ (1935): AU, .00-.62 OZ/TON
Result AG, .00-.15 OZ/TON, 1914 PROD. (46 TONS) VALUES: 1.07 OZ/TON AU
Result 3 OZ/TON AG
Result 5.5 PERCENT CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Altered Dikes;Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Altered Dikes;Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation;Manning Canyon Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83862, 40.16326
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest-Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 60
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northwest-Striking Fault Nearly Parallel To The Northwest Strike Of The Limestone Bedding.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADD. ASSAY (MESSENGER, 1980)-SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE, OPENCUT APPROX 300 FT. SOUTH OF THE MAIN ADIT PORTAL; AU, .240 OZ/TON; AG, 2.65 OZ/TON; CU, 15.200 PERCENT; PB, 4.220 PERCENTNT; ZN 1.320 PERCENT; MO, .025 PERCENT.

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 Cecil Woodman

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1,446 TONS INFERRED BY MATHEZ (1935), IN FLINT (1960), BETWEEN THE 149 TO 223 FT. LEVELS. ORE VALUED AT $14.00 PER TON IN 1935.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL: 1250 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, 280 FT. UNDER WATER. A 150 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A 225 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT CONNECT THE WESTERN AND EASTERN WORKINGS, RESPECTIVELY. BOTH SHAFTS ARE CLOSED. AN ADIT ENTERINA FROM THE NORTHWEST END PROVIDES ACCESS.

Comments on development

  • EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970) CITED MATHEZ (1935) AND FLINT (1960). A MINE MAP AND SAMPLE DATA BY MATHEZ (1935) WERE INCLUDED IN THE PRIVATE REPT. BY FLINT (1960). EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970 FIG. 11, P. 33) PUBLISHED A MINE MAP COMPILATION OF MATHEZ (1935), NOLAN (1935), AND FLINT (1960).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ASSAYS BY FLINT (1960) AND MATHEZ (1935) ARE REPORTED IN EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970). AV. VALUES, 1914 PRODUCTION, NOLAN (1935)

  • Deposit

    EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL 83, P. 30-32 FIG. 11 (P. 33)

  • Deposit

    FLINT A, 1960, A REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION AND EVAULATION OF THE ALVARADO, CANE SPRING, BONNEMORT AND YELLOW HAMMER MINE, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT TOOELE CO, (UNPUBL. REPT)

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: US GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177 P. 32-133

  • Deposit

    1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, FIG. 19, P. 131

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 83

  • Production

    EL-SHATOURY, H.M., AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, UGMS BULL. 83, P. 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NUMBER OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING SHAFTS, ADITS, OPENCUTS, AND PITS, EXPLORE: THE OQUIRRH FM., IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE PROMINENT NORTHWEST-STRIKING, ORE-CONTROLLING FAULT; THE OCHRE MOUNTAIN LIMESTONE-MANNING CANYON FM. CONTACT NORTH OF THE PRINCIPAL ADIT, AND A QTZ. MONZONITE-MANNING CANYON FM. CONTACT EAST OF THE PRINCIPAL SHAFTS AND ADIT. A QTZ. MONZONITE-LS. CONTACT IS EXPOSED IN AN INCLINED SHAFT APPROX. 600 T. SOUTHWEST OF THE EASTERN SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit EAST-WEST STRIKING, STEEPLY SOUTH-DIPPING MINERALIZE CROSS FRACTURES ARE PROMINENT WITHIN THE ORE SHOOTS. THE ORE SHOOTS ARE OFFSET BY SEVERAL LOW-ANGLE FAULTS. NOLAN (1935, P. 132-133) INTERPRETTED THE OFFSETS AS DEPOSITIONAL, FAULT-CONTROLLED FEATURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1995 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

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