The La Cigale Mine is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,689 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,689 Feet (1,734 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.32556, -112.28361
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La Cigale Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Cigale Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District (West Dip Area)
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
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: Southern Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range Faults
Type: L
Description: Ophir Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SHAFTS, ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY THREE SHAFTS WITH LEVELS AT 100 AND 260 FT. INACCESSIBLE BY 1926, LATER REOPENED.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 1897-1899, 1933-34 AND 1941
Comment (Deposit): ORE ASSAYED SIX DOLLARS PER TON AND WAS FOUND AT A DEPTH OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET BETWEEN LIMESTONE HANGING AND FOOT WALLS.
Comment (Geology): UPPER SECTION OF HANGING WALL IS ALLUVIUM
Comment (Location): LOCATION CHECKED BY PATENTED CLAIM PLATS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT THE MERCUR MINE
Comment (Development): ABANDONED IN 1899, REOPENED 1933
References
Reference (Deposit): HOWARD, L.O., 1913, CYANIDING ON THE WEST DIP, MERCUR: THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, SEPT. 30, P. 13-16.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 139.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 387.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1934, MINERAL YEARBOOK.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1941, MINERAL YEARBOOK.
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1899, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, AP. 15, P.10.
Reference (Production): USBM, MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1934, 1941.
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