The Mono Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.38972, -112.27639
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Mono Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mono Mine
Secondary: Ophir-Mono Coalition
Secondary: Mono-Kearsarge Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Madison Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U. V. Industries
Home Office: 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
Owner Name: Intermountain Resources, Inc.
Home Office: Kearns Bldg.; Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns.
Type: L
Description: Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SHIPPED SINCE 1910: 17 PERCENT PB, 3.6 PERCENT CU, 16 OZ./TON AG, 1 DOLLAR/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OPHIR-MONO COALITION INCLUDES SURPRISE TUNNEL. QUEEN OF THE HILLS AND SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Production): 1,000,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1871 AND 1875; 1875-1932 PROBABLY LESS THAN 100,000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION; INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION 1939 TO 1952
Comment (Development): REORGANIZED INTO OPHIR-MONO COALITION IN 1927 BY M.C. GODBE; LATER REORGANIZED AS MONO-KEARSARGE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO.
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS IN A DOWN FAULTED BLOCK BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY THE CORBON FAULT AND ON THE WEST BY THE GARBER-MARK ANTONY FAULT
Comment (Workings): ORE INCLINES SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG, ONE 650 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN 150 FEET BELOW THE INCLINE, ORE 1,100 FT TUNNEL 450 FT BELOW THE COLLAR OF THE INCLINE
Comment (Geology): MINE CUTS DESERET LIMESTONE AND HUMBUG FORMATION BUT MOSTLY CONCENTRATED IN GREAT BLUE
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADS., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 153-155.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 379.
Reference (Deposit): MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT OF THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, A.L. AND A.M. BURANEK, 1942, THE MONO AND KEARSARGE HOLDINGS, DRY CANYON, TOOELE CO., UTAH: STATE OF UTAH DEPT. OF PUBLICITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CIRCULAR NO. 20., 23 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROMSLO, T.M., 1962, BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 30.4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1923, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1928-30, 1939-1943, 1947, 1949-1952, MINERAL YEARBOOKS.
Reference (Production): GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 154.
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