Climax Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Beryllium, Copper, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098083
MRDS ID DC15167
Record type Site
Current site name Climax Mine
Related records 10203352

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.78973, 40.13549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1623
Relative position 8000 FT N83E OF LUCKY DAY KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 017W 17 SW OF NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization, Limonitization

Analytical data

Result 1965: 0.30-1.56 PERCENT BEO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.78973, 40.13549

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N82W
    Dip 89S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Qtz Veins And Jasperoid Veins, Qtz-Carborate Veins.

Comments on the geologic information

  • BE OCCURS IN QUARTZ-CARBONATE-ADULARIA VEINS, ORE DOES NOT EXTEND THROUGH OR BEYOND VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Julian Simpson
    Home office Hawaii

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Material ORE AG PB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^29 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 819g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED TONNAGE EQUAL TO 2 ORE CARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL SHAFT WITH WIDELY SCATTERED MINOR WORKINGS , THE LATTER ARE MOSTLY RUSTY PITS, SHAFT IS VERTICAL 12X8 FT., HEAD FRAME & OTHER DEBRIS COLLAPSED INTO IT. FILLED WITH WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Messenger, Harold M. III U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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