The Utah Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,131 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: 5,131 Feet (1,564 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.85694, -113.45556
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Utah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah Mine
Secondary: Fish Mine
Secondary: Mill-John
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Fish Springs 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
Owner Name: Utah International, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Fish Springs Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline
Type: L
Description: The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N 70 W & East-West
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Is Not Import. & Does Not Help In Location
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1955 SELECTED HG SAMPLE: 0.007 OZ AU, 16.5 OZ AG, 7.5% PB, 38.6% ZN, 0.53% CU, 14.3% SIO2, 19.89% CACO3, 1.6% FE
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Willemite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Vanadinite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): APPRECIABLE TONNAGES OF LOW GRADE ORE REMAIN IN THE MAIN FISSURE ZONES.
Comment (Deposit): ALONG UTAH GALENA FISSURE ZONE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND PITS.
Comment (Commodity): OTHER MINERALS: HYDROZINCITE, AURICHALCITE, WILLEMITE, WULFENITE, VANADINITE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE MINE AREA HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF CONTAINING ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC ORE, HOWEVER, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE BODIES WILL BE SMALL & COSTLY TO MINE
Comment (Production): 1914 ORE HAD A VALUE OF $1,580,186 WITH AN AVE. GRADE OF 44.04% PB, 128.35 OZ AG/TON & $0.48 AU/TON
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FOOTWALL OF THE DIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON HEYL, A. V., USGS BULL. 1135-B
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22
Reference (Production): BUTLER, B. S., AND OTHER, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL 111
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L. I., & MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A. V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B
Reference (Deposit): OLIVEIRA, M. E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1
Reference (Deposit): CHRISTENSEN, W. J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS
Reference (Deposit): BURANEK, A.L., AND CRAWFORD, A.L., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MILLJOHN SILVER-LEAD MINING CLAIM, FISH SPRINGS DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND IND. DEV. CIRC. #10.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B. S., USGS PP 111
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