Four Metals Mine

The Four Metals Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,751 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Four Metals Mine
Secondary: New Years #1
Secondary: 2 Claims
Secondary: Silver King Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Donald B. Warren
Home Office: Rochester, Ny.
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: R. G. Lee And Willis Smith

Production

Year: 1949
Description: Ap_Grade: ^8.82% Pb, 16.05% Zn, 1.53 Oz Ag
Year: 1948
Description: Ap_Grade: ^9.58% Pb, 11.4% Zn, 1.84 Oz Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Dugway Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: At Least 2 Fracture Systems

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomite, Silica

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: STOPE: 5.34 OZ AG, 45.21% PB, 3.83% ZN
Analytical Data: 185 LEVEL: TR AG, 3.17% PB, 27.45% ZN
Analytical Data: 1954 ASSAY: CHIP OF SPHAL. VEIN IN STOPE AT LEVEL 95, 1.62 OZ AG, 8.89% PB, 41.48% ZN

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Jarosite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Clay

Comments

Comment (Commodity): SILVER CONTENT OF 1 OZ PER 5.5% PB IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GALENA.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS: 1890'S, 1910, 1937-1951, 1951-1957. THE 4 METALS MINE PRODUCED MORE THAN HALF THE ENTIRE PROD. OF THE DISTRICT

Comment (Workings): PROPERTY WAS PATENTED AS NEW YEARS 1-3 ON JUNE 3, 1909 BY R.E.L. FRYMIER

Comment (Geology): THE OVERALL RATIO OF ZN-PB IS 2:1. 3 ORE SHOOTS ARE FOUND IN THE MAIN FRACTURE SYSTEM

Comment (Deposit): THE MAIN VEIN WAS DEVELOPED FROM AN INCLINE SHAFT DIPPING 72 DEG SW. THE SHAFT (400 FT DEEP) HAS 5 LEVELS (50, 95, 185, 220, 270) ABOVE WATER. A 2ND VEIN WAS MINED FROM TRENCH & ANOTHER INCLINE (70 DEG. E.)

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: STAATZ M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964 U.S.G.S. PROF PAP 415

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL. & MIN. DEP. OF THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB CO., UT: USGS PROF. PAP. 415

Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. RES. 1924; 1926; 1938; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1945; 1946; 1948; 1950; 1951

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): 3A USGS PROF. PAPER 415, 1964

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PROF. PAP 11

Reference (Production): STAATZ, M.H, AND CARR, W.J., 1964, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAP. 415

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