Expectation Claim Mine

The Expectation Claim Mine is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Expectation Claim Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Silver Island District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
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: Great Salt Lake Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: West Limb Of The Campbell Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ INTRUSIVE VEINS

Comment (Workings): ORE ADIT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET DEEP WITH A 50 FOOT DEEP WINZE 40 FEET INSIDE THE ENTRANCE SHAFT ON MAP IS ACTUALLY AN AERIAL TRAM FRAME

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHAEFFER, F.E., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MTS.; UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOC. GUIDEBOOK 15.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B., 1980, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reference (Production): TRIPP, B., 1980, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

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