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Mono Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088427
MRDS ID DC12189
Record type Site
Current site name Mono Mine
Alternate or previous names Ophir-Mono Coalition, Mono-Kearsarge Consolidated Mine, Madison Mines
Related records 10301146

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27719, 40.38966 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3,550 FT S 31 W OF COMMADORE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 15 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE SHIPPED SINCE 1910: 17 PERCENT PB, 3.6 PERCENT CU, 16 OZ./TON AG, 1 DOLLAR/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27719, 40.38966
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 3 To 4 Foot Limestone Bed Beneath The Long Trail Shale Mbr.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE CUTS DESERET LIMESTONE AND HUMBUG FORMATION BUT MOSTLY CONCENTRATED IN GREAT BLUE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Intermountain Resources, Inc.
    Home office Kearns Bldg.; Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
  • Type Owner
    Owner U. V. Industries
    Home office 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111

Comments on the production information

  • 1,000,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1871 AND 1875; 1875-1932 PROBABLY LESS THAN 100,000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION; INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1939 TO 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE INCLINES SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG, ONE 650 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN 150 FEET BELOW THE INCLINE, ORE 1,100 FT TUNNEL 450 FT BELOW THE COLLAR OF THE INCLINE

Comments on development

  • REORGANIZED INTO OPHIR-MONO COALITION IN 1927 BY M.C. GODBE; LATER REORGANIZED AS MONO-KEARSARGE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, A.L. AND A.M. BURANEK, 1942, THE MONO AND KEARSARGE HOLDINGS, DRY CANYON, TOOELE CO., UTAH: STATE OF UTAH DEPT. OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIRCULAR NO. 20., 23 P.

  • Deposit

    ROMSLO, T.M., 1962, BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 30.4.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 153-155.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 379.

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1923, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1928-30, 1939-1943, 1947, 1949-1952, MINERAL YEARBOOKS.

  • Production

    GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 154.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPHIR-MONO COALITION INCLUDES SURPRISE TUNNEL. QUEEN OF THE HILLS AND SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MINE IS IN A DOWN FAULTED BLOCK BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY THE CORBON FAULT AND ON THE WEST BY THE GARBER-MARK ANTONY FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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