Garrison Mines

The Garrison Mines is a barium-barite, lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,381 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Garrison Mines
Secondary: Consolidated
Secondary: Dutch Mtn. Patented Claims of the Garrison Gold and Copper Mining
Secondary: Company

Commodity

Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: Johnson, Mr.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1882
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: Dutch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR ORE BODIES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Ochre Mtn. Thrust Fault, Garrison Monster Tranverse Fault, And Several High-Angle Reverse Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 6.70 TO 40.40 PERCENT PB, 1.16 TO 6.2 OZ./TON AG
Analytical Data: 1924-27
Analytical Data: 15.33 PERCENT PB, 0.63 PERCENT CU, 2.38 OZ./TON AG, 0.004 OZ./TON AU
Analytical Data: AV. ORE GRADE: 1917-19

Materials

Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Halloysite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE CERUSSITE IS GRAY AND GRANULAR (SAND CARBONATE); SPHALERITE AND TENNANTITE WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE (NOLAN, 1935, P. 166)

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE ADITS, DRIFTS, AND CROSSCUTS, MOST OF WHICH ARE INACCESSIBLE.

Comment (Development): THE PAGE TUNNEL, RECORDED ON THE ELEPHANT KNOLL SE MAP, WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE OREBODIES ON THE CONSOLIDATED CLAIM.

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, T.B., 1953, P. 164

Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177, P. 164-166

Reference (Deposit): U.S., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1916-1919; 1924-1927; 1930-1931; MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES 1934, 1938, 1939, MINERALS YEARBOOK

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P. 164-166

Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY-OPEN FILES

Reference (Deposit): 1980 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY-OPEN FILES

Reference (Deposit): 1980 RECON UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY-OPEN FILES

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 164; USGS MIN. RES.; USBM MINERALS YRBKS.

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