Trout Creek Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299941
MRDS ID D007554
MAS/MILS ID 0490230012
Record type Site
Current site name Trout Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Shilo Mine
Related records 10087494

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.88614, 39.75074 (WGS84)
Elevation 1962
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibapah Peak(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012 S 018 W 28 SWNENW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Beryl Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 30M
    Width 122M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 68M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N60W:60W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 810811

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPHALERITE, SCHEELITE,, AND FLUORITE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN ERRATIC POCKETS ALONG N 60 DEGS W. STRIKING FAULT IN THE TROUT CREEK FM (UNIT B DOLOMITE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Trout Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Trout Creek Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • THE TROUT CRK. MINE IS 137 M INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 0 (ADIT LEVEL), 18, 37, 55, AND 126 METERS BELOW THE SURFACE AND SEVERAL CROSS-CUTS AND DRIFTS. A 8.5-M HIGH BY 14-M LONG STOPE OF THE 18-M LEVEL IS ON A SPHALERITE- SCHEELITE ZONE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 45mt ore
    Demonstrated 45mt ore
    Total resources 45mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 10 wt-pct Zinc Major 1976
    Tungsten Wo3 0.2 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • R1=M1C1, COL. 1 Q-P90 THRU Q-P10 RESERVES ESTIMATED BY UTAH GMS GEOLOGIST (SEE PERRY IN BIB SECTION)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    THOMSON, K. C. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUN-

  • Geology

    TAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH. UTAH GEOL & MIN

  • Geology

    SURVEY BULLETIN 99, JUNE 1973, 76 PP.

  • Deposit

    USBM YEARBOOKS

  • Reserve-Resource

    PERRY, L. I., & R. M. MCCARTHY. LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOL & MIN SURVEY ECONOMIC GEOL SECTION UGSM OPEN-FILE

  • Reserve-Resource

    REPORT NO 22, 1976, PP 222-229.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-APR-93 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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