South Hecla Mine

Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203382
MRDS ID M057562
MAS/MILS ID 0490350006
Record type Site
Current site name South Hecla Mine
Alternate or previous names South Columbus Mine, Alta-Hecla Claims, Alta-Quincy Tunnel, Columbus-Wedge, Sells Claims, Ivanhoe
Related records 10041787

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.63658, 40.58744 (WGS84)
Elevation 2607
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003 S 003 E 05 SESENW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Unknown
Bismuthinite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Wollastonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.63658, 40.58744

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 50M
    Length 800M
    Width 250M
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10675M
    Overall depth 92M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NONCOHERENT
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    Number of Shafts 2
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 610
    Number of Adits 2
    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

    CALKINS, F.L., AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI

  • Deposit

    HE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREAS UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPER 201,

  • Deposit

    125-128, PLATE 44

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PRO. PAPE

  • Deposit

    P. 276, 282

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE RESERVES BASED ON PRO. PAPER 201 SILVER ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA ADDITIONAL MINERAL FROM A-8, AIKINITE, CLASS 03

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references