The Southern Confederate Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,739 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,739 Feet (2,054 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.09833, -113.81000
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Southern Confederate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Southern Confederate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rachael Faris
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: ORE LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone To 20 Ft Wide, Post-Mineralization Brecciation Of Vein.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Extensive
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .06 OZ AU AND 30-33.37 OZ/TON AG, 30-33% PB
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS IN 1918, 1919, 1926
Comment (Workings): THE SHAFT IS CAVED AT THE BOTTOM
Comment (Location): SE NW OF SW
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ MONZONITE SERICITIZED, QUARTZ CHLORITE ADDED
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON 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. 147
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MESSENGER H.M., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS P.P. 177, P. 147
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH; USGS P.P. 177, P. 147-148
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1976, MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS REPORT
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