Wilson Consolidated Mine

The Wilson Consolidated Mine is a gold, bismuth, and tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,230 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wilson Consolidated Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Bismuth
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Floyd Meyers

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: North-South Normal Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Argillitization, Chloritization

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Stolzite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Orthoclase

Comments

Comment (Production): SEVERAL SMALL SHIPMENTS OF HIGH GRADE ORE IN 1914 AND 1917; ONE SHIPMENT OF 4.33 TONS OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINED 12.43 PERCENT BI AND $9/TON IN GOLD; LESS THAN 150 UNITS WO3 RECOVERED

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL RANGE OF WORKINGS IS 75 FT. 5 SHAFTS TO SURFACE, SOME PITS AND A SECOND 45 FT ADIT TO EAST. CROSSCUTS AND SHALLOW WINZES OR INCLINED SHAFTS.

Comment (Location): NW SE OF SE 1/4

References

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PP. 111

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS, PP. 177

Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTN. TOOELE AND JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, BULL. 99

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8014

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON B.S. BUTLER, PROF. PAPER 111, P. 482

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP T.B. NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 138-140

Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8014

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935; EVERETT, F.D., 1961

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

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