The Christmas Mining Co. Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,760 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,760 Feet (1,451 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.17306, -113.75944
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Christmas Mining Co. Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Christmas Mining Co. Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Christmas Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1917
Description: Ap_Grade: ^18.8 Oz Ag Per Ton, 4.4 Percent Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Pool Canyon Transverse Fault (East Extension)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Recrystallization Of Ls.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4.4 PERCENT PB.
Analytical Data: 0.5 PERCENT CU
Analytical Data: 0.08 OZ AU PER TON
Analytical Data: PRODUCTION ASSAYS, 1917: 18.8 OZ AG PER TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Barite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT AND PITS ON 2-3 FT. WIDE QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING CHALCOPYRITE AND GALENA; SOUTHERN GROUP OF WORKINGS-SEVEN PITS ON GALENA-QUARTZ STRINGERS IN RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): 100 FT. DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT AND TWO PITS ON E-W STRIKING MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN; SOUTH OF THE SHAFT AND PITS, SEVEN SCATTERED PITS, CLOSE TO THE ROAD, ON QUARTZ STRINGERS. THE ADIT MARKED ON THE USGS 7.5 MIN. GOLD HILL QUAD WAS SEARCHED FOR, BUT NOT LOCATED.
References
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P.151
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 151
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 151
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