The Cyclone Mine is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,060 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,060 Feet (1,847 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.07361, -113.81972
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Cyclone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cyclone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton 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: Hilda And Danene Probert
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: 5 ORE SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Dike Varies In Attitude, Ore Appears To Correlate With Certain Attitudes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dike Much Altered Near Vein
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVE: .03 OZ/TON AU, 6 OZ/TON AG, .4-8.2% PB, .5-1.7% CU, .5-3.8% ZN, .5-7.3% AS, 70 17% AS IN GOUGE
Materials
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Jarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 600 FEET OF TOTAL WORKINGS. AN 80 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT IN WHICH DRIFTS EXTEND MORE THAN 400 FEET. PROSPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH CYCLONE MINE ARE SMALL.
Comment (Geology): GOUGE APPEARS ON EITHER OR BOTH SIDES OF QUARTZ
Comment (Location): SW SW OF NE 1600 FT S35E OF USLM NO. 9.6 CLAIMS INCLUDING LEAP YEAR CLAIMS ALL LOCATED IN BARNEY REEVEY GULCH
Comment (Production): SHIPMENTS OF ORE REPORTED IN 1926. CONTAINING PB AND AG.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: FINE-GRAINED, INTERMIXED SULFIDES
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS DISCONTINOUS
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PP. 177, P. 145
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PP 177, P. 144-145
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1976, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS., UTAH: UT. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 99, PP. 25-7.
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER. 177
Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UNIV. OF UTAH, PHD DISS., UTAH GEOL. SURV. BULL. 99
Reference (Production): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF DEEP CREEK MTN., TOOELE AND JUAB CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 99
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