The Kearsarge Mine is a silver, lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.39028, -112.27194
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Kearsarge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kearsarge Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir District (Dry Canyon)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1871
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Beds Form The East Limb Of The Ophir Anticline. Beds (N-S, 30 - 35 N), Fissures (N 30 - 60 E, Steeply E)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Alteration Of Limestones To Hornfels.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. 7 % PB, 2 % CU, 18 OZ/TON AG, $1.25/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): INCLUDES THE JENNIE CLAIM
Comment (Commodity): ORE OCCURS IN A DARK GRAY, FINE GRAIN, INDURATED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Production): 1871-1880 EST. PROD. $1,000,000, PROD. 1916-1918, 1922-23, 1925-26, 1936, 1939-40, 1944, 1947, 1949-1951
Comment (Workings): 1,300 FT LONG INCLINE WITH A TOTAL OF 3,000 FT OF WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HUMBUG FM CONSIST OF INTERBEDDED LS AND QUARTZITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 379.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, P. 152-153.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-18, 1922-23; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1925-30, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949-51
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL,H.J., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE S. OQUIRRH MTNS. & FIVEMILE PASS-N. BOULTER MTN. AREA: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 14, P. 215-223.
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