The Solitude Tunnel is a silver and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,101 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,101 Feet (2,774 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.60389, -111.60111
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Solitude Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Solitude Tunnel
Secondary: Michigan-Utah Mine
Secondary: Michigan-Utah Consolidated Mines Company
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Year Last Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Other
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hinge Line, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type: L
Description: Grizzly Thrust Fault, Northeast Striking Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Calc-Silicates, Minor Silicification, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADES FOR MICHIGAN-UTAH MINE ARE 16.5 OZ/TON AG, 9% PB, AND 1.2% CU. IN 1911 ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM BELOW SOLITUDE TUNNEL ON CITY ROCKS FISSURE WHICH ASSAYED 134 OZ/TON AG AND 34% PB.
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wad
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SOLITUDE TUNNEL IS LOWEST PORTAL OF MICHIGAN-UTAH MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Production): ORE PRODUCTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED WITHIN PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR THE MICHIGAN-UTAH MINE
Comment (Development): DISCOVERY MADE ON CITY ROCKS FISSURE AND TUNNEL DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE NORTHEASTERN EXTENTION OF THE FISSURE AT DEPTH
Comment (Deposit): SOLITUDE TUNNEL EXPLORED THE DEEPER PORTIONS OF THE CITY ROCKS FISSURE. WINZES WERE SUNK DOWN TO 200 FT. BELOW THE TUNNEL LEVEL (9100 FT). MOST ORE CAME FROM BENEATH THE BUTTE MINE. ORE SAID TO FOLLOW SHOOTS WHICH MARK THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE FISSURE AND CERTAIN LIMESTONE BEDS. MOST PRODUCTION FROM FISSURE-REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS.
Comment (Workings): SOLITUDE TUNNEL DRIVEN NEAR SOLITUDE LAKE TO CONNECT WITH THE CLEAVE TUNNEL OF THE MICHIGAN-UTAH MINE. SOLITUDED TUNNEL 300 FT BENEATH CLEAVE TUNNEL AND CONNECTED BY RAISE.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT MOSTLY FISSURE-RELATED. TREND OF FISSURE IS SUBPARALLEL, NORTH 60 EAST TO MARGIN OF ALTA STOCK. HOSTING LIMESTONES ARE BLEACHED AND CONTACT METAMORPHOSED BY ALTA STOCK
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): 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.P., 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
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