Scranton Group Mines

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021211
MRDS ID DC15202
Record type Site
Current site name Scranton Group Mines
Alternate or previous names Essex, Del Monte, Biddlecom, Cole, Grand Cross, Magazine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19969, 40.04994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2004
Relative position 17,650 FT N. OF BOULTER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulter Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 009S 003W 08 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF SW NE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1902-1955 AVERAGE: .69 OZ./TON AG, 9.5 PERCENT PB, 16.7 PERCENT ZN, .0034-.015 OZ./TON AU, .05-.2 PERCENT CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19969, 40.04994

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Front

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 35NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fissures And Favorable Stratigraphic Horizon

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Scranton Lead And Zinc Co.

Comments on the production information

  • MAXIMUM PRODUCTION IN 1907 OF 10,765 TONS OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2590.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF SEVEN MAIN ADITS WHICH ARE (SOUTH TO NORTH) SOUTH ESSEX TUNNEL, ESSEX TUNNEL, MAGAZINE TUNNEL AND DEL MONTE MINE WHICH CONSISTS OF DEL MONTE, BARTLETT, BIDDLECOMB AND GRAND CROSS TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: COOK, D.R. (ED.), 1957, GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 127

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14

  • Production

    COOK, D.R., 1957, (ED.), GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTN. : UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE FOOTWALL OR EASTERN BLOCK OF THE SCRANTON FISSURE
Deposit INCLUDES THE SOUTH ESSEX NO. 1 AND 2, MAGAZINE TUNNEL, DEL MONTE (DEL MONTE, BARTLETT, BIDDLECOMB, GRAND CROSS TUNNEL, COLE TUNNEL, WOLF WINZE, KNAP INCLINE), AND THE ESSEX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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