The Salvation-Hercules Mine is a lead, silver, copper, and gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.46694, -112.32500
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Salvation-Hercules Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salvation-Hercules Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Rush Valley 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
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Between The Ophir Anticline And The Pole Canyon Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 16% PB, 20 OZ./TON AG, 30 CENTS/TON GOLD, TRACE COPPER
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES OCCUR AS BRECCIA FILLING AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN THE WALLS OF THE KATHARINE FISSURE
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 1200 FT ADIT WITH A FEW WINZES AND RAISES AS OF 1932
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 163-164
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