Calumet Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102070
MRDS ID DC12151
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet Mine
Related records 10228248

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33108, 40.44772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1823
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6,400 FT S 11 W OF USMM 4

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 004S 004W 30 SE OF NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIGHER GOLD ASSAY THAN ANY OTHER MINE IN DISTRICT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result WWI ASSAY: 18% PB, .25% CU, 12 OZ. AG, 2.50 DOLLARS/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33108, 40.44772

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtn.
Type of structure Local
Structure description On Intersection Of A Fissure With A Favorable Limestone Bed

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER, UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On Intersection Of Fissure And Bedding Plane

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Snyder Mines Inc.
    Home office C/O Combined Metals Reduction, Inc., P.O. Box 150, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84110

Comments on the production information

  • FROM WORLD WAR 1 TO 1920 60,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE PRODUCED; PRODUCTION STOPPED IN 1964

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 600 FT. DEEP, FLOODED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERSECTION OF FISSURE (N 20 W, 85E) AND LIMESTONE BED (N70W, 70N)

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.

External references