Lion

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154714
MAS/MILS ID 0490450043
Record type Site
Current site name Lion
Alternate or previous names Zella, Douglas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.2589, 40.35964 (WGS84)
Elevation 2528
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005 S 004 W 26 NENENE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Jarosite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.2589, 40.35964

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 300M
    Width 40M
    Area 30HA
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. Ross Brown, Jr.
    Interest 100
    Home office 2200 Walker Lane, Slc, 84117
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1950M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOCKTON DISTRICT, 1932, U S GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 173, P 1

  • Deposit

    GUIDEBOOK 14, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERNOQUIRRH MTNS. BY UTAH GEOL.

  • Deposit

    UNITED PARK CITY MINES C0,S 1978 STATEMENT. ANNUAL REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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