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Buckhorn Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102141
MRDS ID DC15226
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16721, 39.97466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SE OF RAINBOW MINES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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 010S 012W 11 SE OF NW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM THIS PROPERTY IS SAID TO HAVE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 1,800 OZ. AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fandangle Limestone;Lamb Dolomite
    Rock description Fandangle Limestone;Lamb Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16721, 39.97466
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Buckhorn Thrust N45w

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones In Favorable Carbonates

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Discoverer Sam Gilson

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.01HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall length 12.8M
    Overall width 8.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS TOTAL 500 FEET, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS; AN OPEN CUT 28X42X12 FEET. OPEN CUT HAS BEEN PARTIALLY BACKFILLED. NOT ACCESSABLE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SMELTER COMPLETED IN 1876

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: ENG. & MIN. JOURNAL, 1891

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO., UT: USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH. U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 111

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-21-1958

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 415

  • Production

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 111

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Eads, James P. U.S. Geological Survey

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