Mine detail: Old Jordan Mine 1863

Previously called 'U.S. Mining Co. 1899'

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.50994, -112.15163
dep_id: 10020858
mrds_id: DC14143
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Tenorite
orebody_fm: TABULAR PARALLEL BEDDING OR VERTICAL ALONG FISSURES
Reporter: Mc Coy, Gail, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)
hrock_unit: Lower And Upper Bingham Mine Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Monzonite Dikes And Sills
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Jordan Ls (N-S, N 30 - 55 E, 45 Nw), Fractures (N 30 - 50 E, N 30 - 60 W), Roll Fault (N 40 W, 40 Sw, 275 Ft Displc.), Other Faults (N 30 - 45 E, 75 - 85 E; N 36 - 75 W, N & S Dip)
Year first produced: 1870
disc_yr: 1863
prod_yrs: 1891-1892
discr: G.B. Ogilvie (Jordan Silver Mining Co.)
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS PROF. PAPER 38.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL. 213-D, 1902, P. 108.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL. 260, 1904, P. 239
  • Deposit:: 3A) UTAH G & MS BULL. 82, 1969, P. 211
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958
  • Deposit:: 1885 OTHER HUNTLEY, D.B., TENTH CENSUS, U.S., V. 13
  • Deposit:: 1905 COMPILE BOUTWELL, J.M., USGS PROF PA. 38
  • Deposit:: ALL WORKS DONE BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
  • Deposit:: 1920 COMPILE BUTLER, B.S., USGS PROF PA 111
  • Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP TOOKER, ROBERTS, MOORE, USGS PROF PA 629AB
  • Production:: USBM MIN. RES 1916 - 1920
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