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Toquerville Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102149
MRDS ID DC15449
Record type Site
Current site name Toquerville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33386, 37.22276 (WGS84)
Relative position 1400 FT SOUTH OF VANDERBILT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 014W 03,04 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33386, 37.22276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Trend N 20 W, 70 - 75 E Dip; N 11 W, 74 E

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS IN A BED OF WHITE, FINE-GRAIN SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harrisburg District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT AND TWO SMALL OPENINGS TOTALING 800 FT. THE LARGEST STOPE MEASURES 35 FT LONG, 25 FT WIDE, 5 FT HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 111

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P. D., 1953 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF MINING DISTRICT: UGMS BULL 44 , P. 156

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-24-1958

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

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