The Southern Confederate Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,742 feet.
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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: 6,742 Feet (2,055 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.09833, -113.81000
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Southern Confederate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Southern Confederate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Movement Along Vein After Deposition Of Ore
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Extensive Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1918 - 19 - 26 : AVG. 30 % PB, 30 OZ/TON A
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IN A SHEAR ZONE 20 FT WIDE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QTZ MONZONITE HAS BEEN SERICITIZED AND ADDITION OF FINE GRAIN QTZ AND CHLORITE
Comment (Production): PROD 1918-1919; 1926
Comment (Workings): A 150 FT SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES. 1918; 1919
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. RES. 1926
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 147.
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