Alvarado Mine

The Alvarado Mine is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,086 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Alvarado Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Gold Hill 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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Woodman Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Gold Hill, Ut
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Vesuvianite
Unknown: Wollastonite
Unknown: Zoisite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcanthite
Unknown: Covellite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 177 BY T.B. NOLAN DATED 1932

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