Brooklyn Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. 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 10088757
MRDS ID M058451
Record type Site
Current site name Brooklyn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27302, 40.39327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1,800 FT S 21 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 10 SW OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAY 1910-1932: 11 PERCENT PB, 4 PERCENT CU, 6 OZ./TON AG, 1.30 DOLLARS/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27302, 40.39327

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 PODS
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip 20 NE TO 25 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding And Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 40,000 DOLLARS REPRODUCTION IN 1925, PRODUCTION IN 1916, 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TUNNEL WHICH WAS ONLY PARTIALLY ACCESSIBLE IN 1932, 1000 FT OF TUNNEL WAS ACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 151-152.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1916, 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES:

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1916, 1920, 1925, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • Production

    USGS, 1916, 1920, 1925

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONCENTRATED IN LIMESTONE BEDS JUST ABOVE THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MBR., TO PRODUCTIVE BEDS, ONE 140 FT. STRATIGRAPHICALLY HIGHER THAN THE OTHER.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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