The Golden Gate is a gold and arsenic mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,739 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,739 Feet (2,054 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Arsenic
Lat, Long: 40.3225, -112.20889
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Golden Gate MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Gate
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Camp Floyd District (Mercur)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Decomposed And Broken Limestone
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 50 - 75 % REALGAR, 0.42 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Realgar
Comments
Comment (Location): INCLUDES MABEL SHAFT AND GRASSHOPPER SHAFT. PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED MERCUR CO.
Comment (Commodity): THREE VARIETIES OF ORE: ( 1 ) OXIDIZED ORE CONTAINING CINNABAR AND ARSENIC OXIDIZED COMPOUNDS. ( 2 ) TALCY ORE CONSISTING ENTIRELY OF CLAY, TALC, AND SOFT DECOMPOSED PORPHYRY. ( 3 ) BASE ORES CONTAINING REALGAR, ORPIMENT, MISPICKEL, STIBRITE.
Comment (Production): PROD. 1938
Comment (Workings): MABEL SHAFT: 136 FT DEEP WITH A 127 FT DRIFT. GRASSHOPPER SHAFT: 64 FT DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR,J. & EMMONS,S.F., 1895, USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, P. 404-407.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK, 1939
Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPO QUAD, MERCUR, 7.5 MIN., 1968
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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