The Treasure Hill Mines Group is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,481 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: 8,481 Feet (2,585 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.39083, -112.27139
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Treasure Hill Mines Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Treasure Hill Mines Group
Secondary: Thad Stevens Mine
Secondary: Selah Chamberlain Claims
Secondary: Morgan Tunnel and Bullion Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
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: Treasure Hill Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Oquirrh Mtns
Type: L
Description: Near Axis Of Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PRODUCTION AROUND 1932 ASSAYED 10 PERCENT PB, 4 PERCENT CU, 13 OZ. AG, 40 CENTS AU/TON
Analytical Data: EARLY PRODUCTION AVERAGED 35 PERCENT PB, 30 OZ. AG/TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): MADISON MINES CO. LEASED CLAIMS FROM SELAH CHAMBERLAIN ESTATES AND THEN GRANTED A 30 YEAR LEASE TO THE TREASURE HILL MINES CO.
Comment (Production): THAD STEVENS MINE PRODUCED ABOUT 40,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE BY 1932
Comment (Workings): INCLUDES THREE MAIN WORKINGS: MORGAN AND BULLION TUNNELS AND THAD STEVENS SHAFT. MORGAN TUNNEL IS 600 FEET LONG AND FROM IT ARE DRIVEN MANY WINZES, DRIFTS CROSSCUTS AND RAISES, INCLUDING THE PAULSON WINZE AND WESTERN KING INCLINE, THESE RESULT IN A TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS OF OVER 3,665 FT. THE BULLION TUNNEL IS APPROXIMATELY 180 FT LONG WITH A 700 FT. NORTHEAST DRIFT AND A 300 FT. NORTH DRIFT. THAD STEVENS SHAFT IS COLLAPSED.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED CLAIMS IN GROUP INCLUDE SELAH, THAD STEVENS, ARABELLA, AZURE QUEEN SHOO FLY EAST AND SHOO FLY WEST ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): DUNHAM, W.C. AND F.H. GUNNELL, 1948, 25 P.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1925, MINERAL YEARBOOK.
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, W.C. AND F.H. GUNNELL, 1948, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE TREASURE HILL MINES, OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO., UT.: USBM RI-4181.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTLEY, 1885
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1917, 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 156.
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