The Overland Mine is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.27778, -112.19056
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Overland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Overland Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur 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: Consolidated Mercur Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Faults And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, And Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Orpiment
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE. THEY ARE DEVELOPED ON THE UPPER LEVELS BY AN INCLINED SHAFT AND ON THE LOWER LEVELS BY A VERTICAL SHAFT WHICH CUT THE ORE BED AT 1,600 FEET ON THE DIP; SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(19(()
Comment (Production): THE TOTAL PRODUCTION IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT $219,646 IN GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE DEPOSIT IS IN THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONES BENEATH THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER.
Comment (Geology): THE OXIDIZED ORE IS LIGHT COLORED AND MORE FRIABLE THAN THE MOXIDIZED (BASE) ORE. IT LACKS SULFIDES AND CONTAINS SULFATES, INCLUDING GYPSUM, JAROSITE, SCORODITE AND MELANTERITE.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE ORES; AND IS CONCENTRATED IN CARBON-RICH PORTIONS OF THE ALTERED ZONES. MANY LIMESTONE BEDS ARE SILICIFIED TO JASPEROID. SHALES ARE LESS ALTERED, AND SHOW SOME EFFECT OF SERICITIZATION. THE ORE SHOOTS FOLLOW APPROXIMATELY THE INTERSECTION OF THE FISSURES WITH THE ORE BEDS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Production): GILLWY, J., 1932, P. 138
Reference (Deposit): BUTTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT., PT. 2, 454P.
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 14, UT. GEOL. SOC.: U.G.M.S. BULL. 14,262P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S.PROF. PA. 173, 167P.
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