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Selma Mine

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094833
MRDS ID DC14830
Record type Site
Current site name Selma Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0669, 40.00689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 16,550 FT. S77E OF BISMARK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002W 28 SW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO MAIN SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE IRON ORE WITH SMALL QUANTITIES OF LEAD AND PRECIOUS METALS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bluebell Dolomite
    Rock description Bluebell Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0669, 40.00689
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Selma Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN DESCRIBED THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS AS CONSISTING OF A LONG TUNNEL AND A SHAFT 210 FT DEEP FROM WHICH AN EASTWARD DRIFT WAS BEING DRIVEN. PRESENTLY THE ADIT PPEARS TO BE ABOUT 1000 FT. LONG AND THE SHAFT HAS ABOUT 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE SELMA HILLS, UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 45.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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