The Daisy Mine is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,679 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.31333, -112.27333
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Daisy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daisy Mine
Secondary: Norma Mine
Secondary: West Dip No. 1 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District (West Dip Area)
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1917
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: Southern Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On West Limb Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED BETWEEN FOUR TO EIGHT DOLLARS PER TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): UPPER SECTION OF HANGING WALL IS ALLUVIUM
Comment (Development): MILL COMPLETED IN 1897, BANKRUPT IN 1900, REORGANIZED AS NORMA GOLD MINING CO. AND MINING RENEWED IN 1913, MINING ENDED IN 1917 WITH DESTRUCTION OF MILL BY FIRE
Comment (Workings): FOUR SHAFTS AT PRESENT, ORIGINALLY TWO SHAFTS; WERE EACH ABOUT 700 FEET DEEP
Comment (Location): LOCATION CHECKED BY PATENTED CLAIM PLATS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Commodity): ORE DIFFICULT TO TREAT
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 80, P. 139.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 387.
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL, H.J. (ED.), 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS AND FIVEMILE PASS-NORTHERN BOULTER MOUNTAIN AREA, TOOELE AND UTAH CO.: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 14.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1916, MINERAL RESERVES OF THE UNITED STATES
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1899, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, AP. 15, P. 10.
Reference (Deposit): HOWARD, L.O., 1913, CYANIDING ON THE WEST DIP, MERCUR: THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, SEPT. 30, P. 13-16.
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