The Morgan Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,140 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,140 Feet (2,481 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.93278, -112.42306
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Morgan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morgan Mine
Secondary: R.E. Plaugh Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Blue Bell Dist
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Lester Larsen
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Surrounding Strata (Nw, 40 Ne)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION IS FROM THE ENTIRE BLUE BELL DISTRICT.; SMALL AMOUNT OF AG-PB ORE WERE MENTIONED AS PRODUCED FROM R.E. PLOUGH GROUP, OF WHICH THE MORGAN MINE IS A MEMBER.
Comment (Deposit): THE PRODUCTIVE VEIN WORKED THROUGH AN INCLINED SHAFT AND AN UPPER ADIT, STRIKES N 85 W AND DIPS 50-55 SW. THE LOWER ADIT EXPLORED A N 30 E STRIKING CRUSHED ZONE IN QUARTZITE.
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINED SHAFT AND THREE ADITS. THE UPPER ADIT IS 185 FT. IN LENGTH, AND THE LOWER ADIT 265 FT. LONG.
Comment (Geology): A 200 FT. WIDE MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE IS EXPOSED ON A HIGH SHORT SPUR A SHORT DISTANCE NORTHEAST OF THE INCLINE SHAFT. THE REGIONAL BEDDEIN STRIKES NORTHWEST, DIPS 40 NE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEIKES, V.C., 1920, BLUE BELL DISTRICT, IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111, P. 431.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 53.
Reference (Production): BUTLER, 1920, P. 430.; USGS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U.S., 1917, 1928, 1930.
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1954, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 63, P. 116.
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