The Bromide Basin Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 10,381 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: 10,381 Feet (3,164 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.06694, -110.79222
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Bromide Basin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bromide Basin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./Bromide Basin
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Lawler
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Henry Mountains
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic
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: GOLD 0.8 OZ./TON SILVER 1.2 OZ./TON, COPPER 10.75 PERCENT
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE - 6 INCH SEGMENT OF VEIN
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORE ON DUMPS AND WORKINGS; FISSURE NOT FULLY EXPLORED.
Comment (Production): PRE - 1910 PRODUCTION VALUE FOR GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER IS $25,000
Comment (Deposit): GOOD ORE IN POCKETS ALONG FISSURE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 34
Comment (Workings): 150 FT. ACCESSIBLE, INACCESSIBLE WORKINGS INCLUDE 125 FT. SHAFT, AND 380 FOOT DRIFT ALONG FISSURE. SURFACE CUTS ACROSS VEIN.
References
Reference (Production): USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THIS REVIEW
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P. 127
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1972 , HENRY MTNS. COAL FIELDS IN EASTERN AND NORTHERN UTAH COAL FIELDS: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY MON. 2 , P. 97 - 190 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 , P. 78 - 90 .
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER PP. 111
Reference (Deposit): 1953 RECON HUNT & OTHERS, PP. 228
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228 .
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