The Roy Mine is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,159 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,159 Feet (2,182 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.00528, -113.87167
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Roy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roy Mine
Secondary: Lead Carbonate
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Willow Springs Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. A. Lindner
Production
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^18 Oz Ag, 37% Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1898
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: Fault (East), Beds (Ne, 35-40w)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Completely Oxidized At The Surface.
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 36 OZ/TON AG, FROM OXIDIZED VEIN SAMPLE ON THE 2ND LEVEL. ON THE 3RD LEVEL FROM A 3 IN VEIN 44.4 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Limestone
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NE OF NE NE LOCATED IN DRY CANYON, CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS.
Comment (Production): IT'S PROBABLE THAT SOME OTHER SMALL SHIPMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 11 ADITS, TWO SHAFTS, ONE PROSPECT AND 2 INCLINED SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE LOCALLY DOLOMITIZED
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB CO., UTAH, UGMS BULLETIN 99, P. 32-35.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH, USGS PP 177, P. 167
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1976, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UNIV. OF UTAH PHD DISS., UTAH GEOL. SURV. BULL. 99
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS PP 177, P. 168.
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