The Honorine Drain Tunnel is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,921 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,921 Feet (1,500 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.46694, -112.36639
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Honorine Drain Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Honorine Drain Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Rush Valley 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: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: C/O Carr Fork Project, P.O. Box 238, Tooele, Ut. 84074
Owner Name: Combined Metals Reduction Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Between Ophir Anticline And Pole Canyon Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Development): CONSOLIDATED INTO BULLION COALITION IN 1910, CONSISTED OF 77 CLAIMS AND FRACTIONS, TAKEN OVER IN 1924 BY COMBINED METALS REDUCTION CO. ON AN OPTION
Comment (Workings): LENGTH AS OF 1932 EXCLUSIVE OF STOPES. DRAIN TUNNEL IS 13,000 FT LONG AND INTERSECTS 1200 LEVEL OF THE MINE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 160-162
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