The Tuscarora Tunnel is a copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 10,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,200 Feet (3,109 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.58444, -111.59611
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Tuscarora Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tuscarora Tunnel
Secondary: Mountain Lake Group
Secondary: Tuscarora Chief Prospect
Secondary: Great Western Mines Co
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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
Owner Name: Great Western Mines Co.
Home Office: Ogden, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Vinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Southwest Striking Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 66.25 PPM AG, .28 PPM AU, 3200 PPM CU, 40 PPM MO, 680 PPM PB, 150 PPM ZN, LESS THAN 2 PPM W, 30 PPM CO, 19 PPM NI
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS A BULL QUARTZ VEIN IN SERICITIZED GRANODIORITE WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE. VEIN APPEARS TO STRIKE SOUTHWESTERLY
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP IS UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Workings): ADIT STRIKES SOUTHWESTERLY, LENGTH UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): OCCURS IN NONPORPHYRITIC PHASE
Comment (Deposit): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION. REFERENCE BY JAMES, 1970 MENTIONS THAT THE ADIT PROJECTS BENEATH MT. WOLYERINE, WHICH DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE LOCATION GIVEN ON HIS MAP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT WORK UNDERWAY IN 1900. SURFACE RIGHTS NOW OWNED BY WASATCH NATIONAL FOREST
References
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): 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.
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 (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.
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