The Sultana is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,150 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,150 Feet (2,484 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.97556, -112.52000
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Sultana MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sultana
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1912 : 60 CENTS/TON AU, 5 OZ/TON AG, 48 % PB, 28 % FE.
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD 1916; 1946 100 TONS MINED IN 1914
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS TOTAL GT 400 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, P. 429.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES. 1916; 1946
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR,R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 63, P. 115.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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