The O.K. Mine is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.97778, -112.72500
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O.K. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: O.K. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Tribune-Mearns Corp.
Owner Name: H. B. Huber
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): H.B. HUBER WAS PAID TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GROSS RECEIPTS FOR ORE SHIPPED FROM THE O.K. MINE IN 1949, OTHER PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): LOUGHLIN (1920, P. 455) STATED THAT THE BEST VALUES WERE IN THE BASAL PART OF THE ORE HORIZON.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE TWO INCLINES DOWN THE DIP OF THE BEDDING. THE LOWER INCLINE ADIT IS CAVED AND OVERGROWN; THE UPPER ADIT TRENDS N 70 E ALONG A VERTICALLY DIPPING FISSURE FILLED WITH COARSESLY CRYSTALLINE CALCITE. THE ADIT IS INCLINE 37 DEGREES FOR 20 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY.
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 455.
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M.,3, 1982, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH.
Reference (Production): THOMAS, G.H., 1958, P. 29
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