New Baltimore Mine

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

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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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