Muerbrook Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10102069
MRDS ID DC12145
Record type Site
Current site name Muerbrook Mine
Related records 10179754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34413, 40.46494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 6,300 FT N 70 E OF STOCKTON CEMETERY

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)

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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 004W 18 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Melanterite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 38% PB
Result .5% CU
Result 13% AG
Result 70 CENTS/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34413, 40.46494

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Between Ophir Anticline And Pole Canyon Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Just East Of N-S Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shattered Footwall Of Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rush Valley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PROBABLY AROUND 200,000 DOLLARS, HALF PRODUCED 1912-1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 420 FT SHAFT INCLINED AT 44 DEGREES, LEVELS TURNED AT 100, 130, 170 AND 290 FEET BELOW THE COLLAR

Comments on development

  • IDLE FROM 1922 TO 1927

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1927, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 162-163.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 368.

  • Production

    GILLULY, J., 1927, P. 163.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TABULAR BODIES OCCURRING IN SHATTERED FOOTWALL OF DIKE,

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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