The New Baltimore Mine is a gold, lead, and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,518 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.13583, -113.79861
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New Baltimore Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Baltimore Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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
Alterations
Not available
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 Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 22 TONS CONTAINED 0.02 OUNCE AU, 53 OUNCES SILVER AND 47 PERCENT LEAD.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Cerussite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TRENCHES TO 25 FT IN DEPTH ALONG THE FULL 450 FT. AN ADIT UNDERLIES AND PARALLELS THE TRENCHES FOR 200 FT.
Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOTS IN 10 FT ZONE RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO A FOOT IN THICKNESS.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT; USGS P.P. 177
Reference (Production): NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., AND H.M. MESSENGER III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 149
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