The Glenda Mine is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,551 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,551 Feet (1,692 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.15667, -113.85889
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Glenda Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glenda Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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
Type: Surface/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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1700-1800 FT. EAST OF U.S. MINE
Comment (Commodity): SILVER MAY ALSO BE PRESENT.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL FISSURE VEINS, MOST STRIKE N20-40W AND DIP 30-40 DEGREES SW
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL WORKING IS 300 FT ADIT WITH 155 FOOT DECLINE. SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, DECLINES, VERTICAL SHAFTS AND PITS
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL WORKING IS NOT SHOWN ON NOLAN'S GEOLOGIC MAP ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., AND H. M. MESSENGER III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T. B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P1.
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H. M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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