Honorine Mine

The Honorine Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,561 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Honorine Mine
Secondary: Bullion Coalition
Secondary: Great Basin
Secondary: Bauer

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: 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

Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: C/O Carr Fork Project, Rfd 1, Tooele Ut. 84074

Owner Name: Combined Metals Reduction Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: PIPE, TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: District Is Between Ophir Anticline And Pole Canyon Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SHIPPING ORE: 18% PB (32% MAX.), 6.5 OZ/TON AG (12 OZ/TON MAX.), 3% ZN (6% MAX.), 18% FE (25% MAX.), 25% CU (1.5% MAX.), 70 CENTS/TON AU ( 5 DOLLARS/TON MAX.)
Analytical Data: MILLING ORE: 8% PB, 10% ZN, 3 OZ/TON AG, 50 CENTS/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Beudantite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyromorphite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Wollastonite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 1901 TO 1927 ESTIMATED TO BE 6 MILLION DOLLARS, PRODUCTION 1912 TO 1927 PARTLY FROM LEASEES.

Comment (Development): CONSOLIDATED INTO BULLION COALITION IN 1910, CONSISTED OF 77 CLAIMS AND FRACTIONS, TAKEN OVER IN 1924 BY COMBINED METALS REDUCTION CO. ON AN OPTION

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Workings): THE LENGTH OF WORKINGS WAS 1932 AND IS EXCLUSIVE OF STOBES. THE INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS WERE ORIGINALLY WORKED FROM INCLINES. A DRAIN TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN 600 FEET BELOW THE MOUTH OF THE HONERINE INCLINE AS A DRAINAGE TUNNEL (600 LEVEL). AFTER THE CONSOLIDATION A NEW DRAIN TUNNEL WAS DRIEN 13,000 FT. FROM BAUER AND INTERSECTED THE MINE ON THE 1200 LEVEL. WINZES HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO THE 1600 FT. LEVEL BY 1932 INSPITE OF 1,500 TO 1900 GALLONS PER MINUTE DISCHARGE OF WATER

Comment (Deposit): MAJOR ORE BODIES AT INTERSECTION OF BEDDING (N 70 TO 75 W, 60 TO 75 NE) AND FAULTS AND FISSURES (N 10 TO 30 E, 45 TO 60 W). THE INTERSECTIONS OR CROSSINGS ARE NAMED (FROM EAST TO WEST: CHICO. WEIR, KATHERINE, BASIN, KIMBERLEY, SHEWEE, BUHL, PALACE, GLORY HOLE, LEGAL TENDER AND KNICKERBOCKER (UNMINERALIZED)

References

Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 160 - 162.

Reference (Deposit): BUTTER, B.S.,ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 368.

Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PT. 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 60, 31

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1924-1928, 1940-1953, MINERAL YEARBOOK.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1920-1921, MINERAL RESERVES OF THE UNITED STATES

Reference (Production): USBM, 1924-1928, 1940-1953 AND GILLULY, J., 1932, P. 160

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