Four Metals

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276479
MAS/MILS ID 0490450087
Record type Site
Current site name Four Metals
Alternate or previous names Silver King

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.18612, 39.99684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009 S 012 W 34 NWNWSE Utah

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcanthite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.18612, 39.99684

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 72W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 150M
    Width 122M
    Area 15HA
    Depth to top 61M
    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. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N15W:72W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15
    Date of Last Modification 780213

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 Warren, Donald B.
    Interest 100
    Home office 247 Culver Road Rochester, New York
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 610M
    Overall depth 122M
    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 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 15
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    3rd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    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. 170-173

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW NOV. 30, 1916 PG. 14

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1135-B BY A.V. HEYL PG. 31 (1963)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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