Bonnemort Mines

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021193
MRDS ID DC15179
Record type Site
Current site name Bonnemort Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82778, 40.15132 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 5600 FT 58E OF THE GOLD HILL TOWN RD. INTERSECTION

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 12 NW OF NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 350 FT WEST OF HILL 5910

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Recrystallized Into Marble Bleaching

Analytical data

Result 1.10 OZ/TON OF GOLD AVERAGE

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 Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh Formation
    Rock description Oquirrh Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82778, 40.15132

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, THIN SEAMS
    Strike N
    Dip 50 DEG W
    Thickness 1.52M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A NORTH-STRIKING QTZ MONZONITE DIKE OCCURS 25 FT. W. OF THE INCLINE SHAFT.

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

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THE MINE BUT INFORMATION ON THE GRADE AND AMOUNT ARE UNAVAILABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 50+ FT. INCLINE SHAFT, ONE STOPE FROM 45 FT. LEVEL TO SURFACE. SHAFT IS FILLED BY ROCK DEBRIS, ENTRY IS IMPOSSIBLE. OTHER SHORTADITS, SHALLOW PITS AND DIGGINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY SIMILAR IN SEVERAL ASPECTS OF CANE SPRINGS AND ALVARADO MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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