The Trout Creek Mine is a zinc and tungsten mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,437 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,437 Feet (1,962 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.7508, -113.88530
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Trout Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trout Creek Mine
Secondary: Shilo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Trout Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Trout Creek Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1916
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Actinolite
Comments
Comment (Production): THE TROUT CRK. MINE IS 137 M INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 0 (ADIT LEVEL), 18, 37, 55, AND 126 METERS BELOW THE SURFACE AND SEVERAL CROSS-CUTS AND DRIFTS. A 8.5-M HIGH BY 14-M LONG STOPE OF THE 18-M LEVEL IS ON A SPHALERITE- SCHEELITE ZONE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): R1=M1C1, COL. 1 Q-P90 THRU Q-P10 RESERVES ESTIMATED BY UTAH GMS GEOLOGIST (SEE PERRY IN BIB SECTION)
Comment (Geology): SPHALERITE, SCHEELITE,, AND FLUORITE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN ERRATIC POCKETS ALONG N 60 DEGS W. STRIKING FAULT IN THE TROUT CREEK FM (UNIT B DOLOMITE)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM YEARBOOKS
Reference (Geology): SURVEY BULLETIN 99, JUNE 1973, 76 PP.
Reference (Geology): TAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH. UTAH GEOL & MIN
Reference (Geology): THOMSON, K. C. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUN-
Reference (Reserve-Resource): REPORT NO 22, 1976, PP 222-229.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GEOL & MIN SURVEY ECONOMIC GEOL SECTION UGSM OPEN-FILE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PERRY, L. I., & R. M. MCCARTHY. LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH
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