The Climax Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,325 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: 5,325 Feet (1,623 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.13556, -113.78889
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Climax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Climax Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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: Julian Simpson
Home Office: Hawaii
Production
Year: 1935
Material type: ORE AG PB
Description: Ap_Grade: ^29 Oz/Ton Ag
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization, Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1965: 0.30-1.56 PERCENT BEO
Materials
Ore: Bertrandite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Geology): BE OCCURS IN QUARTZ-CARBONATE-ADULARIA VEINS, ORE DOES NOT EXTEND THROUGH OR BEYOND VEINS.
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED TONNAGE EQUAL TO 2 ORE CARS.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL SHAFT WITH WIDELY SCATTERED MINOR WORKINGS , THE LATTER ARE MOSTLY RUSTY PITS, SHAFT IS VERTICAL 12X8 FT., HEAD FRAME & OTHER DEBRIS COLLAPSED INTO IT. FILLED WITH WATER
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, P. 147; GRIFFITS, 1965
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): GRIFFITTS, W.R. 1965, RECENTLY DISCOVERED BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS NEAR GOLD HILL UTAH: ECAN. GEOLOGY, VOL. 60, PP. 1298-1305
Reference (Deposit): EL-SHATOURY AND WHELAN, 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEO. AND MIN. SURVEY BULL. 83
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 147
Reference (Deposit): 1965 RECON ECON GEOL. V. 60, P. 1298-1305
Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON UNIV. OF UTAH,-UGMS BULL 83
Reference (Production): NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH,: USGS PP. 177, P. 147
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MESSENGER, H.M., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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