The Kimble - Turner is a gold mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 10,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,400 Feet (3,170 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.06333, -110.78528
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Kimble - Turner MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kimble - Turner
Secondary: Oro
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./Bromide Basin
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
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Henry Mountains
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1900. ADDITIONAL SMALL PRODUCTION MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN THE 1930'S.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL PARALLELING FISSURES
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 34 .
References
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1972 , HENRY MTNS. COAL FIELDS IN EASTERN AND NORTHERN UTAH COAL FIELDS: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY MON 2 P. 97 - 190 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 P. 78 - 90 .
Reference (Deposit): 1953 MINEMAP HUNT & OTHERS, 1953 , PP. 228
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL YEARBOOKS
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228 .
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