The Treasure Consolidated Group is a silver and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 9,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,600 Feet (2,926 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.54056, -111.62222
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Treasure Consolidated Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Treasure Consolidated Group
Secondary: Treasurer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED TO CONTAIN 85 OZ/TON AG AND SOME LEAD
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Production): REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED A FEW TONS WITH 85 OZ/TON AG AND SOME LEAD
Comment (Development): TWO ADITS DRIVEN WITH ONLY A FEW TONS OF ORE PRODUCED
Comment (Deposit): APPARENTLY A SMALL VEIN DEPOSIT HOSTED BY QUARTZITE AND SHALE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Workings): TWO PROSPECT PITS SHOWN ON MAP, HOWEVER THESE ARE ACTUALLY COLLASPED ADITS. THE TWO ADITS ARE NAMED THE OLIVER AND THE SIERRA
Comment (Geology): THE OLIVER TUNNEL PENETRATES THE MAXFIELD LIMESTONE AND THE SIERRA TUNNEL PENETRATES THE MAXFIELD LIMESTONE AND THE OPHIR SHALE
Comment (Deposit): MINE CALLED THE TREASURER MINE IS LISTED IN A TABLE ON PAGE 258 OF BUTLER, 1920. THIS IS PRESUMABLY THE SAME MINE AS THE TREASURE CONSOLIDATED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 201.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 111.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
Reference (Production): BUTLER, B.S., 1920
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