The Bog Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 8,819 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,819 Feet (2,688 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.55278, -111.61722
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Bog Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bog Mine
Secondary: Bog Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
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
Type: Underground
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, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Cordilleran Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UNKNOWN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Development): EARLY WORK DONE IN THE EARLY 1900'S, MINOR ACTIVITY IN 1942. LOWERTUNNEL BEING DRIVEN IN 1919
Comment (Deposit): NORTHEAST STRIKING FISSURES CONSPICUOUS IN THE CLIFFS ABOVE THE MINE. ORE AND GANGUE MINERALS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL CRYSTALLIZED. PRODUCTION CAME FROM ONE SHOOT, SHOOT EXPLOITED ABOVE AND BELOW UPPER TUNNEL LEVEL.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE MAIN TUNNEL. REFERENCE MADE BY CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943, MENTIONS A LOWER ADIT WHICH WAS NOT A PRODUCER.
Comment (Geology): MINERALS COMMONLY OCCUR IN OPEN VUGS AND ARE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL CRYSTALLIZED LIMONITE BEING ACTIVELY DEPOSITED IN ADIT AND FORMS STALAGMITS AND STALACTITES
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
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, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 111.
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. MAP GQ-534
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