Mine detail: Tiewaukee

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Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.54133, -112.14636
dep_id: 10020867
mrds_id: DC14186
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Zinc, Iron
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR SHOOTS, SINOUS PIPES
alteration: Oxidized Ore Near Surface
Reporter: Mc Coy, Gail, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)
Structure: Fault Planes (N 30 - 42 E, 20 - 70 Nw)
prod_yrs: 1924
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS PROF. PAPER 38. P. 305
  • Deposit:: USBM MIN. RES. 1924, PT. 1, P. 496.
  • Deposit:: HUNTLEY, D.B., 1885 , MINING INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: TENTH CENSUS, U.S., V. 13 , P. 411
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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