The North Pass Area is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.03833, -113.86500
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North Pass Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Pass Area
Secondary: Sunday Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Willow Springs District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Pass Left Lateral Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Workings): IN BAGLEY GULCH - TWO SHAFTS, ONE ADIT, TWO PROSPECT PITS. IN NORTH PASS CANYON - ONE PROSPECT PIT AND A SHAFT.
Comment (Location): CLAIMS: SILVER DICK LODE, BURRO LODE, NATIVE SILVER LODE, SUNDAY GROUP CONSIST OF 16 CLAIMS IN BAGLEY GULCH.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ABERCROMBIE FM CONSIST OF LIMESTONE WITH INTERBEDDED SANDSTONE AND SHALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MINERAL DEP OF DEEP CK MTNS, TOOELE & JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINER SURV BULL 99 , P. 29 - 30
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-30-1955
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