The Syndicate Adit is a lead mine located in Utah 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: 39.97417, -111.73972
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Syndicate Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Syndicate Adit
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Santaquin District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: B. Vern Bullock
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER
Form: OTHER
Form: OTHER
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT WITH 5000 FT OF WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): ALSO CAMBRIAN TINTIC QUARTZITE IS HOST ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MOUNTAIN, SOUTHERN WASATCH MTNS., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2.
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH-CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL. STUDIES, VO. 9, PT. 1.
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