The Commodore Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 9,790 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,790 Feet (2,984 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.40167, -112.26917
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Commodore Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Commodore Mine
Secondary: Utah Ophir Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir Area
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: L
Description: On East Limb Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): PROBABLY LESS THAN 10,000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION 1908-1918; SMALL PRODUCTION 1933-1934, 1936-1938
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CAVED BY 1932, INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION IN 1933-1934 AND 1936-1938 CAME FROM THE COMMODORE GROUP OF THE UTAH OPHIR MINES CO. AND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FROM THE COMMODORE MINE ITSELF ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): ABOVE THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MBR.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1934-19398 MINERAL YEARBOOK.
Reference (Production): GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 152
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1916, 1917, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
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