Undine Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Iron
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021195
MRDS ID DC15182
Record type Site
Current site name Undine Mine
Alternate or previous names Lamb Mine
Related records 10301074

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.82362, 40.14632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1807
Relative position 5000 FT N15W 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 SW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 700 FT NE OF HILL 6081, VEIN NORTH OF HILL 5882.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Nontronite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization, Bleaching, Marbleization

Analytical data

Result .96 OZ/TON AU, $8-9/TON AU, 7.5-8% CU
Result $1/TON AU, $300/TON MAINLY AG, SULPHIDE TO 409 OZ/TON AG. 1918 .03 OZ/TON AU, 3.05% CU, 1.02% 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 Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oguirrh Formation
    Rock description Oguirrh Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.82362, 40.14632

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure (Ns, Vertical) In Tabular Deposit; Veins E Of 5882-Northern (N15w, 55w), Southern (N60w, 70sw) 2-3 Ft. Wide.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND VEINS
    Strike N15W
    Dip 55W
    Length 15.24M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Both Sides Of Fissure; Along Dike, Near Limestone/Quartz, Monzonite, Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS METAMORPHOSED, SILICATE MINERALS REPLACE LIMESTONE; SURFACE CLOSE TO ORIGINAL TOP OF INTRUSIVE

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 Floyd Meyers

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 14g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1918 14 TONS ORE WITH .5 OZ AU, 81 OZ AG, 855 LB. CU AND 287 LB. PB ORE SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE WORKINGS ALL OVER THE PROPERTY TOTALING 130 FT. MANY SHORT ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AU IN MAGNETITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEPOSITS PRESENT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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