St. James Mine

The St. James Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,100 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

Name: St. James Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.50028, -112.15222

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St. James Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: St. James Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co.


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: Uinto Extension


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: County Rock (N80w, 15ne); Fractured Zone (N25e, 69se); St. James Fissure (Ne-Sw)


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification


Rocks

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

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
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 35% PB
Analytical Data: 30 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: ASSAY IN 1905 15 TO 20 OZ AU/TON


Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES CLOSE TO A ZONE OF CROSS FAULTING. HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND ALTERED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES.

Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS (155, 60, 425 FT); AN INCLINE SHAFT AND A WINZE; THE UPPER TWO LEVELS ARE ENTIRELY IN QUARTZITES. THE LOWER TUNNEL IS IN THE INTRUSIVE ROCKS AND ALSO IN QUARTZITES, BANDED LIMESTONE, WHITE LIMESTONES AND MARBLES.

Comment (Geology): THE LIMESTONE IS DARK GRAY TO BLACK, WEATHERING LIGHT GRAY BLUE WITH A SMOOTH SURFACE, VERY FINE-GRAINED, THIN BEDDED TO PLATY, WITH SOME SILT STRINGERS AND SMALL 1/2" TO 1" DIAMETER BLACK ROUNDED CHERT NODULES. VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE ARE COMMON.

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


References

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.

Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.

Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.


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