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O.K. Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055155
MRDS ID RE00186
Record type Site
Current site name O.K. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.72581, 39.97772 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position IN A CANYON SOUTHEAST OF THE LOG CABIN AT INDIAN SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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 10S 8W 3 NE OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite;
    Rock description Laketown Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite;

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 32NE
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 32NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Erickson District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. B. Huber
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tribune-Mearns Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • H.B. HUBER WAS PAID TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GROSS RECEIPTS FOR ORE SHIPPED FROM THE O.K. MINE IN 1949, OTHER PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE TWO INCLINES DOWN THE DIP OF THE BEDDING. THE LOWER INCLINE ADIT IS CAVED AND OVERGROWN; THE UPPER ADIT TRENDS N 70 E ALONG A VERTICALLY DIPPING FISSURE FILLED WITH COARSESLY CRYSTALLINE CALCITE. THE ADIT IS INCLINE 37 DEGREES FOR 20 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY.

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 455.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M.,3, 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.

  • Production

    THOMAS, G.H., 1958, P. 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOUGHLIN (1920, P. 455) STATED THAT THE BEST VALUES WERE IN THE BASAL PART OF THE ORE HORIZON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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