The Old Telegraph is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.50972, -112.13833
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Old Telegraph MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Telegraph
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphosed Limestone
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1876 : 50.43 % LEAD CARBONATES, 15.02 % PBS, 3.78 % IRON OXIDES, 0.67 % COPPER SULFIDES, 7.37 % IRON SULFIDES, 12.47 % SILICA, 3.01 % ALUMINA, 3.64 % LS, 0.26 % MG CARB., 3.04 % SULFATES, 0.19 % H2O, 0.06 % AG PER TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INCLUDES NEZ PERCES, NO-YOU-DON'T AND MONTREAL MINES. CONSOLIDATED IN 1900 WITH OLD JORDAN, GALENA, AND NIAGARA AS THE U.S. MINING CO. THE MINE TODAY IS UNDER THE WASTE DUMPS OF THE OPEN PIT.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1900 WAS ABOUT $16,000,000.
Comment (Workings): A SERIES OF TUNNELS NAMED TRIBUNE, CONTRACT, MONTREAL, CARPENTER SHOP, EVANS, PROCTOR, GRECIAN BEND, MILL, ROMAN EMPIRE, AND MONTANA. TOTAL WORKINGS COMBINE WITH THE OLD JORDAN AND NIAGARA IS ABOUT 15 MILES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE ORE LIES BETWEEN A HANGING WALL OF EITHER SEMI-CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE OR MONZONITE AND A FOOTWALL OF EITHER QUARTZITE OR CHERTY LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 38 , P. 248
Reference (Deposit): LAVAGNINO, G., 1887 , THE OLD TELEGRAPH MINE, UTAH: TRANS. AIME VOL. 16 , P. 25 - 33
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958
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