The Jim Fisk Mine Nw is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.37944, -112.24694
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Jim Fisk Mine Nw MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jim Fisk Mine Nw
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Ophir 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures And Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Limonitization,Sericitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PRINCIPAL ORE BODIES ARE THE REPLACEMENT MASSES ALONG FISSURES IN LIMESTONES; INTERCALATIONS OF PULVERIZED SHALES ARE COMMON IN LIMESTONES; SHALES ARE SERICITIZED AND KAOLINITIZED; VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE UPTO 1 INCH THICK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT, CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE; FEW SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): THE TUNNEL IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWESTERN LIMITS OF JIM FISK FISSURE; WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED; THE ORE IS HIGHLY OXIDIZED
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 38, 410 P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672 P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, 171 P.
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTH WESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.
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