The Barneys Canyon Lower Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,079 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: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.59333, -112.12611
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Barneys Canyon Lower Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barneys Canyon Lower Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL, CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Geology): ORE MINERALS ARE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS IN THE ALTERED WALLROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): HOSTROCKS ARE DARK GRAY, WEATHERING TO ALIGHT BLUISH GRAY, FINE-GRAINED LAMINATED LIMESTONES, INTERBEDDED WITH THIN BANDS OF QUARTZITES. LENSES OF COARSE GRAINED, WELL-ROUNDED QUART ZOSE SAND OR FINE-GRAINED SILT MAKES UP ABOUT 20 PERC. OF THE ROCK. INTRA FORMATIONAL BRECCIA AND CONTORTED LAMINATIONS ARE COMMON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAN MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, HE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38. 410P.
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