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California Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103839
MRDS ID M057607
Record type Site
Current site name California Mine
Related records 10130276

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.54411, 40.62216 (WGS84)
Elevation 2658
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF THAYNES CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 30 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thaynes Fm Strikes N 5 - 30 W, Dip 10 - 20 . The Dike Strikes N 40 - 55 E, Dip 32 - 60 Se. Fissures Strikes N 45 - 60 E, Dip Steeply East Cut The Country Rocks.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS AND A SHOOT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROPERTY IS COVERED BY GLACIAL MORAINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1881 , 1883 , 1889 , 1893 , 1900

Mining district

District name Park City District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO TUNNELS, A 185 FT SHAFT
  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, THE LARGEST IS ABOUT 90 FT. LONG AND 50 FT. WIDE. AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1918 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J. M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF PARK CITY DIST: USGS PP 77 , P. 218 - 219

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A. A., CALKINS, F. C., CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., BROMFIELD, C. S., 1966 , GEOL MAP OF BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 534

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE ORES OCCUR AT 50 - 75 FT. BELOW THE TOP OF THE SUMMERVILLE FM.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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