The U.S. Mine is a arsenic 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: Arsenic
Lat, Long: 40.15694, -113.82861
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U.S. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: U.S. Mine
Secondary: Gold Hill Mine
Secondary: Last Dollar Claims
Commodity
Primary: Arsenic
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
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
Owner Name: Sharon Steel Corp.
Home Office: Miami, Fl.
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1943-1945
Description: Cp_Grade: ^15.2 Percent As
Year: 1924
Description: Ap_Grade: ^25.8 Percent As
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1923
Discovery Year: 1923
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
Type: L
Description: The Ore Deposit Is In A Roof Pendant
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Jasperization; Garnet-Rich Skarn Limits Ore
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 28 CHANNEL SAMPLES, H-LEVEL, AS AND S ASSAYS.
Analytical Data: AG, 15 OZ/TON. USBM (1945): 13 CHANNEL SAMPLES, 200 FT. LEVEL, ASSAYS .5 OR AU, AG, PA, ZN, AS , S
Analytical Data: AG, 1.6. PB-AG ORE, 1926: PA, 12 PERCENT
Analytical Data: PA, 0.86. OZ/TON: AU, 0.03
Analytical Data: CU, 0.02
Analytical Data: ZN, 0.4
Analytical Data: ARSENIC ORE, 1924-1925, AVERAGES (PERCENTS): AS, 25.8
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Jarosite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL SMALL SHIPMENTS OF PB-AG ORE WERE MADE IN THE YEARS 1924-1926 (NOLAN, 1935, P. 156).
Comment (Development): THE USBM OPEN FILE REPORT (MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1INCLUDES EXCELLENT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND GEOLOGIC MAPS AND A LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF THE WORKINGS. A SEVEN HOLE DRILLING PROGRAM WAS PROPOSED IN THE REPORT.
Comment (Deposit): THE LIMITS OF THE ORE BODY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IN AREAS LACKING A QTZ. MONZONITE CONTACT OR A POST-MERAL FAULT.
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINED SHAFT CONNECTS THE 100, H (PRINCIPAL LEVVEL), AND 234 (200 FT. IN THE USBM REPT.) LEVELS; A VERTICAL SHAFT FROM THE SURFACE CONNECTS WITH THE 100 FT. LEVEL. THE 100 FT. LEVEL IS KNOWN AS THE "WORKING" LEVEL, WAS EXTENSIVELY STOPED, AND IS MOSTLY INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Geology): THE NORTH END OF THE ORE BODY IS ENRICHED IN LEAD, ZINC, AND SILVER; THE SOUTH END IS ENRICHED IN ARSENIC
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 156-162.
Reference (Deposit): US. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, S.R., 1959, MINING HISTORY AND MINERALOGY OF ORES OF THE CLIFTON DISTRICT, GOLD HILL, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: MIN. SOC. UTAH BULL. V. 9, NO. 1, P. 5.
Reference (Deposit): 1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1944 GEOCHEM USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1
Reference (Deposit): 1944 MINEMAP USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 4.1
Reference (Production): NOLAN, 1935, P. 156; WILSON, 1958, P. 5; USBM, 1945, P. 3
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 156; USBM, 1945, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 4.1
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