The Caledonia is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,250 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.54111, -112.14306
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Caledonia MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caledonia
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES, BANDS, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissure (N 40 W), Fracture Plane (Ne-Sw)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN LAYERS IN A BED OF DISINTEGRATED QUARTZITE AND GRAY SANDSTONE.
Comment (Commodity): NARROW/NEAR BAND OF OXIDIZED ORE PENETRATE SULPHIDE MASS WELL BELOW MAIN OXIDIZED BODY.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1880 IS $15,000
Comment (Location): MINE IS NOW UNDERNEATH DUMP
Comment (Workings): A 500 FT TUNNEL, TWO INCLINES, AND A RAISE TO UPPER STOPES.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 306
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. RES. 1927.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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