The Munding Mine is a lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,080 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,080 Feet (2,158 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 39.99694, -112.18222
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Munding Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Munding Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: North Tintic Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Orlando Munding
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1933
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 Prince Fault Zone And North Tintic Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF ORE REPORTED SHIPPED
Comment (Workings): ONE SHORT COLLAPSED ADIT AND ONE SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): PYRITE, GALENA AND QUARTZ REPLACING FAULT GOUGE
References
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 NO. 12
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): 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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