The Admiral Dewey Mine is a lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.37722, -112.25417
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Admiral Dewey Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Admiral Dewey Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Type: L
Description: Near Crest Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TUNNEL FOLLOWS A 4 FOOT LAMROPHYRE DIKE WHICH CUTS THE BOWMAN LIMESTONE JUST ABOVE THE BASE; INCLINE FOLLOWS INTERSECTION OF FISSURE AND BEDDING
Comment (Workings): A TUNNEL, AN INCLINE AND SOME SURFACE TRENCHES. THE TUNNEL IS A FEW SCORE FEET LONG AND THE INCLINE IS 150 FT. LONG.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): ONLY A FEW SACKS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 143
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