Cyclone Mine

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

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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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