Yosemite Mine

The Yosemite Mine is a zinc, copper, silver, and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Yosemite Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: 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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Folds And Faults.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

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

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES CLOSE TO THE CONTACT OF SEDIMENTARIES WITH IN TRUIVES. WALLROCKS ARE BRECCIATED AND ALTERED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES.

Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL; COLLAPSED; INACCESSIBLE.

Comment (Geology): THE LIMESTONES ARE 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. QUARTZITES ARE DARK GRAY TO GREENISH GRAY AND SILTY. SHALES ARE PULVERIZED. VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONSISTS OF ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED LITHIC FRAGMENTS, SET IN A DENSE APHANITIC MARTRIX

Comment (Deposit): BUTTERFIELD FORMATION IS INTURDED BY SILLS, DIKES, AND SMALL PLUTONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

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.

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, 413P.

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.