The North Beck Shaft and Nearby Prospects is a copper, zinc, and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,640 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
Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.96611, -112.13222
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North Beck Shaft and Nearby Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Beck Shaft and Nearby Prospects
Secondary: North Beck Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Clay
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Main Tintic Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: East Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Tintic Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CLAY HAS NOT BEEN PRODUCED BUT OCCURS IN NUMEROUS BODIES UP TO 6 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): FOUR SHAFTS, FOUR ADITS AND TWELVE PROSPECTS, THE NORTH BECK MINE SHAFT IS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT WORKING PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): THE NORTH BECK SHAFT WAS SUNK 1600 FT WITHOUT ENCOUNTERING SIGNIFICANT ORE BY E.J. RADDATZ IN 1920 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-
Reference (Production): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 12.
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