The Lead Hill is a lead, zinc, copper, and strontium mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Strontium
Lat, Long: 38.93444, -111.81056
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Lead Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Hill
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Strontium
Location
State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Salina Creek
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Plateau
Type: L
Description: Normal Faults And Local Folds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Celestite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): POINT LOCATION: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 33
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 7 ADITS AND 2 PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L. I., AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH 1976 : UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPT. #22 , P. 345 - 348
Reference (Production): PERRY, L. I., 1978
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