Page Tunnel

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite, 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. 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. Land status
  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 10087641
MRDS ID D008439
Record type Site
Current site name Page Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Dannie and Page Patented Claims of the Garrison Mining Co. Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83641, 40.25049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1492
Relative position NORTH SLOPE OF WILSON HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elephant Knoll SE(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 007S 018W 02 NE4 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83641, 40.25049

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ochre Mountain Thrust; High-Angle Reverse Faults In The Tunnel.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 30NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N30e, 30nw Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPHALERITE AND FENNANITE WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION (NOLAN, 1935, P.166).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE ADIT WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE WESTWARD DOWNDIP (30 DEGREES) PORTION OF THE N30E VEIN WORKED THROUGH THE "PORPHYRY" INCLINE ON THE CONSOLIDATED CLAIM LOCATED THE SOUTH SIDE OF WILSON HILL (GOLD HILL 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOLAN (1935, P.166) MENTIONS TWO ORE ZONES AT APPROXIMATE DISTANCES OF 850 AND 1000 FT. FROM THE PORTAL. THE SECOND ZONE IS "5 FEET OR MORE IN WIDTH."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.