Kiewit Mine

Kiewit Mine is a surface gold mine in Tooele County, Utah, near Ibapah. MSHA lists its status as active since Nov 4, 2020 and records 4 employees. It is one of 4 gold mines in Utah that are not marked abandoned, and the only one in Tooele County; by employees it ranks 3 of 4 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Nov 4, 2020
Type
Surface
County
Tooele County
State
Utah
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Ibapah
Employees reported
4
Operator
Desert Hawk Gold Corp
Coordinates
40.1108, -113.8075
MSHA mine ID
4202560

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Atlantis Prospect
USGS status
Occurrence
Commodities
Gold
Workings
Underground

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10095591 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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