The Golconda Workings is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,479 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: 5,479 Feet (1,670 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.98972, -113.19500
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Golconda Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golconda Workings
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway 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: J. F. Cannon
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Dugway Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Buckhorn Thrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD 1916; 1920
Comment (Workings): PITS AND SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H. AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, TOOELE AND JUAB CO.S, UT; U.S.G.S. PROF PAP. 415
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 09-25-1962
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41
Reference (Production): EADS, J.P., 1981, U.G.M.S., ON SITE INVESTIGATION
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