The Cane Springs Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,509 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,509 Feet (1,679 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.16333, -113.83778
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Cane Springs Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cane Springs Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cecil Woodman
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
Type: L
Description: Northwest-Striking Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Recrystallization, Silication
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5.5 PERCENT CU.
Analytical Data: 3 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: AG, .00-.15 OZ/TON, 1914 PROD. (46 TONS) VALUES: 1.07 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: .11-1.03 PERCENT CU MATHEZ (1935): AU, .00-.62 OZ/TON
Analytical Data: AG, TR-.20 OZ/TON
Analytical Data: FLINT (1960): AU, TR-.52 OZ/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Zoisite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Vesuvianite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EAST-WEST STRIKING, STEEPLY SOUTH-DIPPING MINERALIZE CROSS FRACTURES ARE PROMINENT WITHIN THE ORE SHOOTS. THE ORE SHOOTS ARE OFFSET BY SEVERAL LOW-ANGLE FAULTS. NOLAN (1935, P. 132-133) INTERPRETTED THE OFFSETS AS DEPOSITIONAL, FAULT-CONTROLLED FEATURES.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL: 1250 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, 280 FT. UNDER WATER. A 150 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A 225 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT CONNECT THE WESTERN AND EASTERN WORKINGS, RESPECTIVELY. BOTH SHAFTS ARE CLOSED. AN ADIT ENTERINA FROM THE NORTHWEST END PROVIDES ACCESS.
Comment (Geology): ADD. ASSAY (MESSENGER, 1980)-SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE, OPENCUT APPROX 300 FT. SOUTH OF THE MAIN ADIT PORTAL; AU, .240 OZ/TON; AG, 2.65 OZ/TON; CU, 15.200 PERCENT; PB, 4.220 PERCENTNT; ZN 1.320 PERCENT; MO, .025 PERCENT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1,446 TONS INFERRED BY MATHEZ (1935), IN FLINT (1960), BETWEEN THE 149 TO 223 FT. LEVELS. ORE VALUED AT $14.00 PER TON IN 1935.
Comment (Commodity): PB, ZN, AND MO IN ASSAY RESULTS BY UGMS (MESSENGER, 1980). MOLYBDENITE REPORTED BY KEMP AND BILLINGSLEY (1918) AND NOLAN (1935). SCORODITE WAS TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED BY MESSENGER (1980) IN SHALLOW WORKINGS.
Comment (Development): EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970) CITED MATHEZ (1935) AND FLINT (1960). A MINE MAP AND SAMPLE DATA BY MATHEZ (1935) WERE INCLUDED IN THE PRIVATE REPT. BY FLINT (1960). EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970 FIG. 11, P. 33) PUBLISHED A MINE MAP COMPILATION OF MATHEZ (1935), NOLAN (1935), AND FLINT (1960).
Comment (Deposit): A NUMBER OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING SHAFTS, ADITS, OPENCUTS, AND PITS, EXPLORE: THE OQUIRRH FM., IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE PROMINENT NORTHWEST-STRIKING, ORE-CONTROLLING FAULT; THE OCHRE MOUNTAIN LIMESTONE-MANNING CANYON FM. CONTACT NORTH OF THE PRINCIPAL ADIT, AND A QTZ. MONZONITE-MANNING CANYON FM. CONTACT EAST OF THE PRINCIPAL SHAFTS AND ADIT. A QTZ. MONZONITE-LS. CONTACT IS EXPOSED IN AN INCLINED SHAFT APPROX. 600 T. SOUTHWEST OF THE EASTERN SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: US GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177 P. 32-133
Reference (Deposit): 1935 MINEMAP NOLAN, 1935, PROF. PAPER 177, FIG. 19, P. 131
Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 83
Reference (Production): EL-SHATOURY, H.M., AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, UGMS BULL. 83, P. 31
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: ASSAYS BY FLINT (1960) AND MATHEZ (1935) ARE REPORTED IN EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN (1970). AV. VALUES, 1914 PRODUCTION, NOLAN (1935)
Reference (Deposit): EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND J.A. WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL 83, P. 30-32 FIG. 11 (P. 33)
Reference (Deposit): FLINT A, 1960, A REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION AND EVAULATION OF THE ALVARADO, CANE SPRING, BONNEMORT AND YELLOW HAMMER MINE, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT TOOELE CO, (UNPUBL. REPT)
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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