The Violet Ray Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.30278, -112.21556
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Violet Ray Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Violet Ray Mine
Secondary: Eagle Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur 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
Not available
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: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHATTERED, CRUMPLED AND ALTERED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES RUNNING IN A N-S DIRECTION.
Comment (Workings): ON SHAFT(VERTICAL), TWO INCLINES (35 DEG.), ALL BADLY CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE. MORE THANT 12 PITS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, WITH LENGHTS VARYING FROM 150 TO 1500 FT., WIDTHS FROM 15 TO 150 FT., AND WITH DEPTHS FROM 15 TO 80 FT.
Comment (Deposit): THE ESTIMATED THICKNESS OF THE UPPER LIMESTONES IS 2,700 FT. THE SEDIMENTARIES ARE INTRUDED BY RHYOLITES OF HIGHLY VARIABLE NATURE. VARIATIONS IN THE APPEARANCE OF THE RHYOLITE ARE THE RESULT OF CHANGES IN TEXTURE, MINERAL CONTENT AND DEGREE OF ALTERATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONES ARE BLUE GRAY WITH SPORADIC CHERT LAYERS AND SOME SANDY LIMESTONES WITH THIN BLACK SHALES. WALLROCKS ARE DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS. SHALES ARE PULBERIZED, KAOLIMITICS, LIMONITIC, AND CARBONACEOUS
References
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL. 14, 262P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLE:U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.
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