The Page Tunnel is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,895 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,895 Feet (1,492 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.25056, -113.83556
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Page Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Page Tunnel
Secondary: Dannie and Page Patented Claims of the Garrison Mining Co. Claim Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill)
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Ochre Mountain Thrust; High-Angle Reverse Faults In The Tunnel.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): NOLAN (1935, P.166) MENTIONS TWO ORE ZONES AT APPROXIMATE DISTANCES OF 850 AND 1000 FT. FROM THE PORTAL. THE SECOND ZONE IS "5 FEET OR MORE IN WIDTH."
Comment (Workings): THE ADIT WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE WESTWARD DOWNDIP (30 DEGREES) PORTION OF THE N30E VEIN WORKED THROUGH THE "PORPHYRY" INCLINE ON THE CONSOLIDATED CLAIM LOCATED THE SOUTH SIDE OF WILSON HILL (GOLD HILL 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLE).
Comment (Geology): SPHALERITE AND FENNANITE WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION (NOLAN, 1935, P.166).
References
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1981, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6976: UTAH STATE BLM OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T. B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 177, P.164-166.
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T. B.-PROF. PAPER 17
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T. B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 177.
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