The Kearsarge Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,379 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,379 Feet (2,554 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.39, -112.27333
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Kearsarge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kearsarge Mine
Secondary: Moro-Kearsarge Consolidated Mines
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir 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: U. V. Industries
Home Office: 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
Owner Name: Intermountain Resources, Inc.
Home Office: Kearns Bldg., Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1871
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Type: L
Description: Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Locally Altered To Hornfels
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LATER 7 PERCENT PB, 2 PERCENT CU, 18 OZ/TON AG, 1.25 DOLLAR/TON AG
Analytical Data: EARLY ASSAYS TO 10,000 DOLLARS/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ORE INCLINE, SUBPARALLEL TO BEDDING AND ABOUT 1,300 FEET LONG, ONE 450 FT. TUNNEL 200 FT. LOWER, TOTAL OF 3,000 FT.
Comment (Geology): HUMBUG FM. CONSISTS OF INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE
Comment (Location): INCLUDES THE JENNIE CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Production): ABOUT 1,000,000 DOLLARS IN ORE PRODUCED BY 1880, PROD. 1916-1918, 1922-1923, 1925-1926, 1936, 1939-1940, 1944, 1947, 1949-1951
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO BEDDING, RICHEST ORE IN CALLAHAN STOPE
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 152-153
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A.L., AND A-M. BURANEK, 1942, THE MONO AND KEARSARGE HOLDINGS, DRY CANYON, TOOELE CO., UTAH: UGMS CIRCULAR NO. 20, 23P.
Reference (Deposit): ROMSLO, T.M., 1962, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 30.4.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1925-1930, 1935, 1937, 1939-1940, 1944, 1947, 1949-1951, MINERAL YEARBOOKS.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1916-1918, 1922-1923, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
Reference (Deposit): MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Reference (Production): GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 152-153
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