Glenda Mine

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

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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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