Scranton Group Mines

The Scranton Group Mines is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,575 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Scranton Group Mines
Secondary: Essex
Secondary: Del Monte
Secondary: Biddlecom
Secondary: Cole
Secondary: Grand Cross
Secondary: Magazine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: North Tintic 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: Scranton Lead And Zinc Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1886
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Front

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1902-1955 AVERAGE: .69 OZ./TON AG, 9.5 PERCENT PB, 16.7 PERCENT ZN, .0034-.015 OZ./TON AU, .05-.2 PERCENT CU

Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Hemimorphite

Comments

Comment (Production): MAXIMUM PRODUCTION IN 1907 OF 10,765 TONS OF ORE

Comment (Deposit): IN THE FOOTWALL OR EASTERN BLOCK OF THE SCRANTON FISSURE

Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF SEVEN MAIN ADITS WHICH ARE (SOUTH TO NORTH) SOUTH ESSEX TUNNEL, ESSEX TUNNEL, MAGAZINE TUNNEL AND DEL MONTE MINE WHICH CONSISTS OF DEL MONTE, BARTLETT, BIDDLECOMB AND GRAND CROSS TUNNELS.

Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES THE SOUTH ESSEX NO. 1 AND 2, MAGAZINE TUNNEL, DEL MONTE (DEL MONTE, BARTLETT, BIDDLECOMB, GRAND CROSS TUNNEL, COLE TUNNEL, WOLF WINZE, KNAP INCLINE), AND THE ESSEX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): SE OF SW NE

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: COOK, D.R. (ED.), 1957, GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 127

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14

Reference (Production): COOK, D.R., 1957, (ED.), GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTN. : UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

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