The Deseret Mine is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,261 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,261 Feet (2,518 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.38917, -112.27306
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Deseret Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deseret Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir 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
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Type: L
Description: 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
Analytical Data: EARLY PRODUCTION: 70 OZ./TON AG, TRACE AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INCLINE FOLLOWS REPLACEMENT ALONG BEDDING
Comment (Workings): ONE 750 FOOT INCLINE WITH DRIFTS AND STOPES, TOTALS 1500 FT.
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE CONSIDERABLY ALTERED TO HORNFELS, ESPECIALLY ALONG FISSURES; OVERLAIN BY ALTERED QUARTZITE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF DIOPSIDE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY IN SAME CLAIM GROUP AS THAD STEVENS MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 379.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTLEY, D.B., 1880, U.S. TENTH CENSUS, VOL. 13, P. 454.
Reference (Deposit): MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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