The Regulator Johnson Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 10,121 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,121 Feet (3,085 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.6025, -111.66944
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Regulator Johnson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Regulator Johnson Mine
Secondary: Silver King Claims
Secondary: Wasatch Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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: G. A. Rich
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation On Upper Section Of Workings, Sericitization, Chloritization, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): THE SILVER KING WORKINGS LIE 1110 FT N 60 E OF HERE AND THE WASATCH GOLD 3800FT N 15 W OF THIS LOCAITON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Production): 3 SMALL SHIPMENTS AROUND 1930 YIELDED $28.40 PER TON. 72 SMALL SHIPMENTS BY THE MOUNTAIN MINE CO. PRIOR TO 1950 YIELDED ABOUT $50.5000.
Comment (Development): J. (REGULATOR) JOHNSON OPERATED THE SILVER KING CLAIMS IN THE 1870S, BIG COTTONWOOD SILVER KING, WASATCH GOLD MINES CO. AND OTHERS WERE LATER OPERATORS
Comment (Deposit): THE SILVER KING MINERALIZED FISSURE IS THE STRUCTURE EXPLORED
Comment (Workings): WASATCH GOLD ADIT 3,174 FT IN LENGTH, WORKINGS TOTAL 5,000 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG 57-58.
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 58-59.
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