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Centennial-Enterprise Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10021204
MRDS ID DC15192
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial-Enterprise Mine
Alternate or previous names M057528, X1, 14

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83278, 40.11771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1908
Relative position 10000 FEET NORTH 75 EAST OF SKINNER SPRING

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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 018W 24,23 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW SW OF NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 47 TONS SHIPPED ASSAYED 0.05 OZ/TON AU, 1.6 OZ/TON AG, AND 5.4 PERCENT CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83278, 40.11771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-IRREGULAR-PIPELIKE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous-Sedimentary Contact, Intersections Of Fractures, Favorable Limestone Beds.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALSO DIOPSIDE, MAGNETITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 47 TONS WERE SHIPPED IN 1917, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER ANY TUNGSTEN ORE WAS SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS 21X15X15 FT DEEP, 8X4X20 FT. DEEP, 8X8X20 FT DEEP; A 20 FT ADIT, SEVERAL PITS AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING, UTAH: USGS, PP 177

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS, PP. 17

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 17

  • Production

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIPELIKE MASS IN QTZ MONZONITE, S END OF ENTERPRISE CLAIM, CONTROLLED BY INTERSECTION OF TWO FRACTURES, ONE STRIKES N7E, DIPPING 70E, THE OTHER STRIKES N60W AND DIPS S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. U.S. Geological Survey

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