The Tom Moore Tunnel is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,681 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,681 Feet (2,646 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.59111, -111.63472
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Tom Moore Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tom Moore Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On The North Limb Of The Uinta Arch; East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Snow Fault, Brain Fissure, Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Development): TOM MOORE TUNNEL IS PART OF THE PRODUCTIVE COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED MINE, NO PRODUCTION, HOWEVER, IS REPORTED FROM THE TOM MOORE TUNNEL ITSELF
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL AT LEAST 1,300 FT. LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P. 121-122.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.
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