The Mascotte Tunnel is a lead, copper, zinc, and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,630 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,630 Feet (1,716 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.52722, -112.09667
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Mascotte Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mascotte Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Biotitization, And Silicification, Etc.
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES IN ALTERED WALLROCKS; THE HOSTROCKS ARE A SUCCESSION OF FLOWS OF LATITE. THE MAIN HORNBLENDE-BIOTITE-LATITE CONTAINS BLOCKS OF HORNBLENDE AUGITE-LATITE. THE COUNTRY ROCK IS INTERSECTED BY SLIP PLANES (NW-SE; DIP NE). VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONSISTS OF SUBANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED LITHIC FRAGMENTS, COMMONLY UPTO 2 INCHES IN LENGTH, SET IN A DENSE MOSTLY APHANITIC LATITE MATRIX.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL USED FOR HAULAGE; CAVED; INACCESSIBLE AND CLOSED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, L.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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