The Sultana Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,130 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,130 Feet (2,478 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.97556, -112.52000
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Sultana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sultana Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: New Sultana Mining Co.
Owner Name: Micah Mines Inc.
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1912 ASSAY OF VEIN MATERIAL: 60 CENTS AU PER TON, 5 OZ. AG PER TON, 48% PB, 28% GR
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): LIMITED PRODUCTION, RECORDED WITH OTHER PROPERTIES IN 1913, 1915, AND 1916. TWO CARS OF ZN ORE WERE SHIPPED TO THE BAVER MILL BY JOSEPH MARSHALL IN 1946
Comment (Deposit): GALENA-SPECULARITE-PYRITE-QUARTZ VEINS IN QUARTZITE, SLATE AND TILLITE
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST FOUR ADITS, OF WHICH THE WESTERN AND EASTERN ARE CAVED. AN ADIT WITHIN 250-300 FT. OF THE PRINCIPAL ADIT IS ALSO CAVED. THE PRINCIPAL ADIT AGGREGATES ABOUT 300 FT. OF WORKINGS. PITS AND CUTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADITS.
References
Reference (Production): USGS MIN. RES. OF U.S., 1913, 1915, 1916; USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1946
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63. P. 115-116
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): HEIKES, V.C., 1920, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, P.429
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