Toledo Mine

The Toledo Mine is a lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,760 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

Name: Toledo Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Salt Lake

Elevation: 9,760 Feet (2,975 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 40.59611, -111.64639

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Toledo Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Toledo Mine
Secondary: Toledo Shaft
Secondary: West Toledo Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead


Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood 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: Columbus Rexall Consolidated Mines


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of The Wasatch Fault

Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS TO TOLEDO SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON GROUND BETWEEN TOLEDO AND HASKELL FISSURES, ARE FOUND IN TOLEDO FISSURE

Comment (Workings): MANY SHALLOW WORKINGS PLUS MAIN SHAFT AND DRIFTS CONNECTING FREDERICK TUNNEL WITH COLUMBUS REXALL TUNNEL


References

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UT.: UGMS BULL. 114, P. 68.

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P. 117, PL. 38.


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