The Golden Gate Mine is a gold and mercury mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,959 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.32222, -112.20889
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Golden Gate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Gate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Consolidated Mercur Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1907
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: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range.
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Fissures, Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Limomitization, Sericitization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES, AND IS CONCENTRATED IN THE CARBON-RICH PORTIONS OF THE ALTERED ZONES. THE ORE IS SOFT AND PULVERIZED, LIGHT YELLOWISH OR GRAYISH IN COLOR. THE ORES IF FORMED BY THE IMPREGNATION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE WALLROCKS; AND THE FISSURE FILLINGS ARE NEGLIGIBLE. NEVERTHELES THESE FISSURES WERE OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE IN LOCALIZING THE DEPOSITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ORE NOT AVAILABLE; ON AN AVERAGE HALF AN OUNCE OF GOLD IS RECOVERED FROM ONE TON OF ORE
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED IN ALTERED ZONES. THE OXIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLOURED AND MORE FRIABLE THAN THE UNOXIDIZED (ABSE) ORE. IT LACKS SULFIDES AND CONTAINS SULFATES INCLUDING GYPSUM, SCORODITE, AND MELENTERITE. THE ORE ZONE IS GENERALLY 10 FT THICK.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS AND TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS (NAMELY, MABEL SHAFT OR NORTH SHAFT; AND GRASSHOPPER SHAFT OR SOUTH SHAFT); ALL CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; ONE PIT OF 220X120X50FT SIZE.
Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE SHEARED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY, CHERTY, DOLOMITIZED, SILICIFIED, AND IMPREGNATED WITH CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEINS. SHALES ARE GREENISH TO BLACK, CARBONACEOUS, SILICEOUS, SERICITIC, KAOLIMITIC, AND HIGHLY EXAMPLED. EFFECTS OF LIMONITIZATION ARE FOUND ON HOSTROCKS. ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH JASPEROID, AND QUARTZ VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL, H.H., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL. 14,262P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLGOY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2, 454P.
Reference (Production): DPUTT, J.E., 1895, P.404
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