The Centennial Tunnel is a lead and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 8,451 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,451 Feet (2,576 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.5525, -111.60056
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Centennial Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Centennial Tunnel
Secondary: Utah Centennial Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork 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 Year: 1875
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type: L
Description: East Striking Fissure
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UNKNOWN
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Geology): BARITE BECOME CONSPICUOUS WHERE SHALE IS THE HOST FOR FISSURE
Comment (Deposit): EAST-WEST STRIKING VEIN WITH SOME PB ORE EXPOSED ON SURFACE. NO MENTION MADE OF DIMENSIONS OF VEIN OR IF VEIN WAS ENCOUNTERED BY WORKINGS. BARITE PRESENT IN VEINS WHERE THE HOST ROCK IS SHALE.
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT AND ORE PROSPECT OCCUR ON PROPERTY BESIDES THE MAIN TUNNEL, A SECOND SHORT ADIT IS MENTIONED BY B.S. BUTLER,1920. EXTENT OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY SMALL. MAIN TUNNEL STARTED IN TINTIC QUARTZITE AND REACHES THE OPHIR SHALE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800S
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Development): TWO ADITS, ONE MAIN ADIT, WERE DRIVEN TO INTERSECT OUTCROPPING QUARTZ VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 201.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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