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Treasure Box Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098483
MRDS ID M058072
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Box Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77218, 40.833 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 4,360 FT S 40 E OF BURRO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 002E 07 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 29 TO 49% ZN, 6-19 OZ/TON AG
Result 82% PB WITH HIGH SILVER

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77218, 40.833
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hot Springs (Adams) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Treasure Box Mining Co.
    Home office S.C. Smith, President

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HIGGIN, W.C., MAR. 15, 1918, P. 43.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW REPORTED A TOTAL OF 10,000 FT. OF WORKINGS BY 1918. THERE WAS AN UPPER TUNNEL 9,805 FT LONG AND A LOWER TUNNEL 195 FT. LONG. THE TWO TUNNELS WERE SEPERATED BY 250 FT. ELEVATION. THE LOWER TUNNEL WAS TO BE EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL 300 FT. THE LOWER TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE SAME ORE SHOOT AS THE UPPER TUNNEL. AN ON SIGHT INVESTIGATION, HOWEVER, REVEALED ONLY ONE TUNNEL APPROXIMATELY 800 FT. LONG.

Comments on development

  • LONG ABANDONED, NO ACTIVE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1873, MINERAL RESERVES OF THE UNITED STATES, P. 278.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 227.

  • Deposit

    HIGGIN, W.C. (ED.), 1918, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JA. 30, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1918, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, MAR. 15, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ADIT IS PRESENTLY PRODUCING A STRONG FLOW OF WATER. A COMPRESSOR SHACK, RECEIVER TANK AND OLD TRACTOR ARE STILL ON THE SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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