The Carrie Steel Mine is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,850 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,850 Feet (2,088 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.32472, -112.21639
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Carrie Steel Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carrie Steel Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Camp Floyd District (Mercur)
Land Status
Not available
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Strata ( 10-25 Ne Dip ), Three Crevices ( Few Inch Wide, 30 Ft Apart, Running Ne Through The Quartzite ).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ARGENTIFEROUS STIBNITE $100 - $500/TON
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Production): EST. TO PROD. $83,000 IN AG IN THREE MONTHS
Comment (Workings): THREE TUNNELS WITH DRIFTS TOTALING 1,420 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY,J., 1932, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS: USGS PROF. PAPER 173
Reference (Deposit): SPURR,J. & EMMONS,S.F., 1895, USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, P. 385.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 382-383.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTLEY,D.B., 1885, MINING INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: 10TH CENSUS, U.S., VOL. 13, P. 454.
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