Confidence Property

The Confidence Property is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,240 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Confidence Property

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

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: Cannon, T. Q.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, UT
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
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: Veins Are In Upthrown Block On The West Side Of Kellys Hole Graben

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 14.6 & 1.7 FLUORITE
Analytical Data: 1.10 & 8.94 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 2 CHANNEL SAMPLES (1964) ACROSS THE NORTH VEIN: 21.6 & 39.6% PB

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO NE TRENDING VEINS APROX. 250 FT APART ARE FOUND ON THE PROPERTY. THE S. VEIN STRIKES N19E AND DIPS 82 SE. THE N. VEIN IS OF CHIEF ECONOMIC IMPORT AND STRIKES N73E DIPS 65NW TO 80SE.

Comment (Workings): ON THE S. VEIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT OPEN CROSSCUT TO THE VEIN WHICH IS EXPLORED BY A 63 FT TRENCH ABOUT 2.5 FT WIDE & 12 FT DEEP. ON THE N. VEIN ARE TWO ADITS, THE LOWER IS 124 FT LONG. THE UPPER IS 100 FT LONG

Comment (Geology): THE MAIN KELLYS HOLE FAULT STRIKES N35-45W. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FRACTURES WHICH ABUTT AGAINST THE MAIN FAULT AT RIGHT ANGLES ; GEOL.DESC: VEINS IN MASSIVE WHITE PROSPECT MTN QUARTZITE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Comment (Development): THE CONFIDENCE CLAIM WAS PATENTED ON JUNE 28, 1905, BY METALLIC HILL MINING CO.

References

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV. BULL. 110, P 74

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 07-29-1970

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, USGS PP 415

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

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

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

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