The Kim W Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,279 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.985, -113.16111
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Kim W Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kim W Mine
Secondary: K-W Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mica Mines
Owner Name: Milo Kilian
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1980
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Dugway Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Buckhorn Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED. WORK HAS CONSISTED OF STRIPPING THE HILLSIDE TO EXPOSE STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION. A PERMIT FOR MINING HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR FROM THE OFFICE OF OIL, GAS AND MINING. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): WORK CONSISTS OF STRIPPING HILLSIDE TO EXPOSE STRUCTURES AND MINERALIZATION
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FRACTURES IN LIMESTONES
References
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H. AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, TOOELE AND JUAB CO.S, UT; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAP. 415
Reference (Production): EADS, JAMES P., 1981, U.G.M.S., ON SITE INVESTIGATION
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