The Utah Metal Co. Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,021 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,021 Feet (2,140 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.48694, -112.19056
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Utah Metal Co. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah Metal Co. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Bingham 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1944
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Faults And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization, Dolomitization, Silicification And Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT 150 FT. (APPROX.) LONG, CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ARE HIGHLY BRECCIATED AND SHATTERED; SHALES ARE SOMETIMES CARBONACEOUS AND KAOLINITIC; VEINS OF CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE SILICA/JASPEROID ARE COMMON IN HOSTROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHWESTERN UTAH: WILLIAM AND HEINTZ MAP CORPORATION, WASHINGTON 27, D.C.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 38, 410P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J, 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 173, 171P.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. MIN. YEAR BOOK, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950.
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