Bertha Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252145
MAS/MILS ID 0490450088
Record type Site
Current site name Bertha Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.18412, 39.98244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1758
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcanthite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hemimorphite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.18412, 39.98244

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 13M
    Width 13M
    Area 7HA
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 ADV ARGILLIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7
    Date of Last Modification 780615

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cannon, T. Q.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE RESERVES DETERMINED BY FIELD INVESTIGATOR

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 200M
    Overall depth 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Number of Shafts 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 124
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PRO. PAPER 415 BY M.H. STAATZ AND W.J. CARR PG. 167 (1

  • Deposit

    UTAH GMS BULL. 76 BY K.C. BULLOCK PG 60 (1967)

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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