The Four Aces Mine is a gold, copper, silver, and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,161 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,161 Feet (1,878 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.91278, -112.13222
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Four Aces Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Four Aces Mine
Secondary: Swansea Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Front
Type: L
Description: Tintic Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS SPUR VEIN FROM SWANSEA VEIN WHICH BRANCHES OFF OF MAIN VEIN AT 600 FT LEVEL
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE
References
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): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH CEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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
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