The Unknown Mine is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.87806, -113.83528
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Unknown Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Silver Island District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Great Salt Lake Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: West Limb Of The Campbell Peak Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematitization
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN
Comment (Deposit): VEIN 2 N 25 E NEARLY VERTICAL
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST 6 ADITS; UPPER PART OF PRINCIPAL FISSURE STOPED FOR A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 500 FT. AND A DEPTH OF ABOUT 100 FT. THE 6 ADITS TOTAL 1100 FT. LENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHAEFFER, F.E., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS.: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 15.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Production): TRIPP, B., 1980, UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON SITE INVEST.
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