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Wilson Consolidated Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Bismuth, Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021203
MRDS ID DC15191
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Consolidated Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84001, 40.11326 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position NE SIDE OF CLIFTON FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(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 23 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Bismutite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stolzite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ls & Ss Is Metamorphosed, Bleached To White Or Cream Color

Analytical data

Result 12.43 % BI, $9/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.84001, 40.11326
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nine Normal Faults Striking N-S, Dipping 30 - 70 E, Throw Is Lt 50 Ft.

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL SHOOTS
    Strike NW
    Dip 30 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A VOLCANIC BRECCIA DIKE IS EXPOSED 50 FT FROM THE PORTAL. IT IS CRUSHED AND ALTERED TO CHLORITE AND CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. 1914-1917; 1931

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 75 FT SHAFT, 500 FT OF DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 138-140.

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1917

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1928, 1931

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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