The Cyclone Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.07278, -113.82111
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Cyclone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cyclone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hilda And Danene Probert
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISCONTINUOUS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granite Porphyry Adjacent To The Vein Has Been Considerably Altered, Fspr To Clay, Groundmass To A Fine-Grain Aggregate Of Qtz And A Little Sericite. Oxidation To Depth Of 45 Ft
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. 0.03 OZ/TON AU, 6 OZ/TON AG 0.4 - 8.2 % PB, 0.5 - 1.7 % CU, 0.5 - 3.8 % ZN, 0.5 - 7.3 % AS FROM NOLAN, T.B., 1935 . ANALYSIS BY THOMSON, K. C., 1973 - TRACE - 0.03 OZ/TON AU, TRACE TO 10.0 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Jarosite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS STRIKING N-S CONTAINS GOUGE, VEINS STRIKING EAST OF NORTH CONTAINS QTZ AND SULFIDES. DRIFT FROM INCLINE SHAFT DISCLOSED FIVE ORE SHOOTS.
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINE SHAFT, 400 FT OF DRIFT, RAISES
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QTZ MONZ CUT BY A GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE (LIGHT GREENISH-GRAY ROCK CONTAINING QTZ PHENOCRYST, BIOTITE, ORTHOCLASE, ALBITE.) STRIKING N 15 E, DIPPING 55 W
Comment (Location): SIX CLAIMS
Comment (Production): PROD 1926
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: FINE-GRAIN, INTERMIXED SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 144.
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CK MTNS, TOOELE & JUAB CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINER. SURV BULL 99 , P. 25
Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 412.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 03-29-1955
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