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Sharp Min

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055192
MRDS ID RE00257
Record type Site
Current site name Sharp Min
Alternate or previous names Benmore Mine, Larson-Winberg Mine, Lawrence Sharp Mine, Mary L Claim, Victor Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50802, 39.97438 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
Relative position HEAD OF HARKER CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erickson Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 6W 10 SE4 OF NE4 OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOUGHLIN (1920), PB CARBONATE ORE, 40% PB, 20 OZ. AG PER TON
Result MIXED SULFIDE ORE, 30% PB, 25% ZN. DEAN AND VINCENT (1949), PRECENTS, MN-29.8, SILICA-19.1, FE-7.6, ALUMINA-7.7, ZN-.45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
    Rock description Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50802, 39.97438
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Basin And Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR PODS
  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersections Of N-S Striking Faults Wit An E-W Striking Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Regional - Basin And Range\\

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Columbia District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. W. Jenkins
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sharp Estate

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20 To 25% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 23wt-pct
  • Year 1936
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^29.7% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 30wt-pct
  • Year 1937
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^31.6% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 32wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PB ORE PROD. IN 1909, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922-1929, 1931, 1938-1939. PROD. INCLUDED, BY USBM, WITH NEW SULTANA IN 1913, AND NEW ERIC IN 1917. IN 1930, THE VICTOR CLAIM PROD. SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF FERRUGINOUS MN ORE, SHIPPED TO THE COLUMBIA STEEL CO. PLANT NEAR PROVO.

Comments on the workings information

  • A NUMBER OF SHORT ADITS, SHALLOW INCLINES, AND PITS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH 2 MAJOR TUNNELS, THE BROWN AND SMITH, WEST AND EAST, RESPECTIVELY. THE BROWN ADIT, APPROX. 1250 FT LONG, IS THE SOURCE OF MOST OF THE LEAD PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENMORE CONS. MINES, DATA UNKNOWN; UNPUBL. PRIVATE REPORT

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, MAX D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 15, 38-39

  • Deposit

    COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES; UGMS BULL. 63. P. 115

  • Deposit

    DEAN, K.C., AND VINCENT, K.C., 1949, CONC. OF OXIDE MN ORES FROM COLUMBIA AND ELBERTA MINING DISTRICTS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: USBM R.I. 4466, P. 6-9-------REF 5 HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 2. UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. B55-56

  • Production

    CRITTENDEN (1951), HEYL (1963), USGS, MIN. RES. OF U.S., AND USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED LEAD AND ZINC MINERALS OCCUR WITH MANGANESE OXIDES AND LIMONITE, CAPPING BASE METAL VEINS ASSOC. WITH A PROBABLE RHODACHROSITE GANGUE
Deposit THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO DESCRIBED UNDER THE RECORD NOS. DC152562(BENMORE MINE), DC15215 (LAWRENCE SHARP PROPERTY), AND DC15220 (VICTOR CLAIM) ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Messenger, Harold M. III Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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