Violet Ray Mine

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

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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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