The Jim Fisk Mine Se is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.37611, -112.24389
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Jim Fisk Mine Se MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jim Fisk Mine Se
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold
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
Owner Name: U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
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: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures (N10 Degrees-30 Degrees E; Steeply Nw); Fault Fissures (N75e; Vertical)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Dolomitization
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Ruby
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PRINCIPAL ORE BODIES ARE THE REPLACEMENT MASSES IN LIMESTONES; INTERCALATIONS OF PULVERIZED SHALES ARE COMMON IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONES; SHALES ARE SERICITIZED AND KAOLINIZED; VEINS OF CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE SILICA AND CALCITE UP TO 1 INCH THICK ARE COMMON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Commodity): THE ORE CONTAINS SEVERAL HUNDRED OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON
Comment (Geology): THE WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF OPHIR ANTICLINE; WALLROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED; THE ORE IS HIGHLY OXIDIZED.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY TWO PRINCIPAL DRIFTS, 900 AND 300 FT. LONG, WITH SOME SMALLER DRIFTS AND INCLINES AND RAISES CONNECTING THEM, BOTH LOWER AND HIGHER THAN PRINCIPAL DRIFTS. STOPES 6 FT. HIGH AND 4 FT. WIDE ALONG THE JIM FISK FISSURE WERE OPENED ON THE UPPER TUNNEL LEVEL. THIS FISSURE WAS MINED FOR 250 FT. THE STOPES ALONG THE GREEN EYED MONSTER FISSURE WERE BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW THE SHALE AND ARE ABOUT 30 FT. HIGH WHERE THE MINE WAS ACCESSIBLE. THEY PLUNGE PARALLEL TO THE DIP OF THE BEDS, AND WERE MINED FOR A WIDTH OF 5 FT.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE ZONE IS LOCATED IN FOUR FISSURES, CHIEFLY ALONG THE GREEN EYED MONSTER AND THREE OF THE N10 DEGREES-30 DEGREES FISSURES-THE GEM, JIM FISK AND SAN JOAQUIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 38, 410P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, 171P.
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.
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