The Toledo Mine is a lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,760 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,760 Feet (2,975 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.59611, -111.64639
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Toledo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Toledo Mine
Secondary: Toledo Shaft
Secondary: West Toledo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Columbus Rexall Consolidated Mines
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS TO TOLEDO SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON GROUND BETWEEN TOLEDO AND HASKELL FISSURES, ARE FOUND IN TOLEDO FISSURE
Comment (Workings): MANY SHALLOW WORKINGS PLUS MAIN SHAFT AND DRIFTS CONNECTING FREDERICK TUNNEL WITH COLUMBUS REXALL TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT.: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P. 117, PL. 38.
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