Trout Creek Mine

The Trout Creek Mine is a zinc and tungsten mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,437 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Trout Creek Mine
Secondary: Shilo Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Trout Creek

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Trout Creek Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1916
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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Actinolite

Comments

Comment (Production): THE TROUT CRK. MINE IS 137 M INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 0 (ADIT LEVEL), 18, 37, 55, AND 126 METERS BELOW THE SURFACE AND SEVERAL CROSS-CUTS AND DRIFTS. A 8.5-M HIGH BY 14-M LONG STOPE OF THE 18-M LEVEL IS ON A SPHALERITE- SCHEELITE ZONE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): R1=M1C1, COL. 1 Q-P90 THRU Q-P10 RESERVES ESTIMATED BY UTAH GMS GEOLOGIST (SEE PERRY IN BIB SECTION)

Comment (Geology): SPHALERITE, SCHEELITE,, AND FLUORITE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN ERRATIC POCKETS ALONG N 60 DEGS W. STRIKING FAULT IN THE TROUT CREEK FM (UNIT B DOLOMITE)

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM YEARBOOKS

Reference (Geology): SURVEY BULLETIN 99, JUNE 1973, 76 PP.

Reference (Geology): TAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH. UTAH GEOL & MIN

Reference (Geology): THOMSON, K. C. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUN-

Reference (Reserve-Resource): REPORT NO 22, 1976, PP 222-229.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GEOL & MIN SURVEY ECONOMIC GEOL SECTION UGSM OPEN-FILE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PERRY, L. I., & R. M. MCCARTHY. LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH

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