The Annie Tunnel is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,301 Feet (2,835 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.60778, -111.61111
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Annie Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Annie Tunnel
Secondary: Alta Tunnel and Transportation Company
Secondary: Prince of Wales Group
Secondary: Antelope Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type: L
Description: Grizzly Thrust And Associated Thrusts, Reverse And Normal Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Bleaching And Silicification, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1275.0 PPM AG, LESS THAN .01 PPM AU, LESS THAN 1200 PPM CU, LESS THAN 1 PPM MO, 60500 PPM PB, 505000 PPM ZN, LESS THAN 5 PPM CO, 35 PPM NI
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Commodity): SILVER, LEAD, AND GOLD WERE PRODUCED
Comment (Production): TWO TEST LOTS OF ORE ASSAYED AS FOLLOWS-17 TON LOT CONTAINED 43.4 OZ/TON AG, 21.4% PB, $1.20 GOLD/TON-6 TON LOT CONTAINED 68.6 OZ/TON AG, 25.5% PB, AND $5.60 GOLD/TON. PRODUCTION STATISTICS WERE INCLUDED WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES GROUP.
Comment (Development): INITIALLY DEVELOPED THROUGH ANNIE TUNNEL AND LATER DEVELOPED AT DEPTH FROM ALTA TUNNEL. THE ANNIE TUNNEL WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE ALTA TUNNEL AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY HOLDINGS IN 1911
Comment (Deposit): THE FISSURE VEIN MINED AT THE ANNIE TUNNEL IS THE PRINCE FISSURE. THIS SAME FISSURE WAS EXPECTED TO BE FOUND AT DEPTH IN THE ALTA TUNNEL BUT WAS NOT FOUND. LAMPHOPHYRE DIKES ARE FOUND IN THE PRINCE FISSURE AND APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH MINERLAIZATION. REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ARE MORE ABUNDANT IN THE LOWER WORKINGS. HOST ROCK FOR REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IS THE FITCHVILLE FORMATION AND NO REPLACEMENT NOTED IN SURROUNDING FORMATIONS. REPLACEMENT ORE HORIZONS WERE REPEATED THREE TIMES BY REVERSE FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Workings): ANNIE TUNNEL WORKINGS WERE LATER CONNECTED TO THE DEEPER ALTA TUNNEL. A RAISE FROM THE QUAD DRIFT OF THE ALTA TUNNEL INTERSECTED AN OLD FLOODED WINZE OF THE ANNIE TUNNEL. NO DESCRIPTION OF SIZE OF WORKINGS GIVEN
Comment (Geology): THE RAISE FROM THE ALTA TO ANNIE TUNNELS PASSES THROUGH TWO THRUSTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: U.G.M.S. BULL. NO. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 201.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979,
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111.
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