La Cigale Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102076
MRDS ID DC12251
Record type Site
Current site name La Cigale Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28441, 40.3255 (WGS84)
Elevation 1734
Relative position 700 FT. S 74 W OF USMM 7

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir(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 006S 004W 03 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION CHECKED BY PATENTED CLAIM PLATS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT THE MERCUR MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Jasper Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28441, 40.3255

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 40 W
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • West Mercur Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • UPPER SECTION OF HANGING WALL IS ALLUVIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Mining district

District name Mercur District (West Dip Area)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1897-1899, 1933-34 AND 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHAFTS, ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY THREE SHAFTS WITH LEVELS AT 100 AND 260 FT. INACCESSIBLE BY 1926, LATER REOPENED.

Comments on development

  • ABANDONED IN 1899, REOPENED 1933

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ASSAYED SIX DOLLARS PER TON AND WAS FOUND AT A DEPTH OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET BETWEEN LIMESTONE HANGING AND FOOT WALLS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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.