The Amazon Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Cache county, Utah at an elevation of 7,539 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,539 Feet (2,298 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.9475, -111.50139
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Amazon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Amazon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Cache
District: Swan 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Bear River Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paris - Willard Thrust
Type: L
Description: Near Axis Of Bear River Range Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Enargite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF TWO SHAFTS, ONE ADIT AND TWO PROSPECTS, ADIT NOW PARTIALLY COLLAPSED
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO FIGURES AVAILABLE
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B. T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L. I., AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY OFR-22.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL,A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 41.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 164-168.
Reference (Production): TRIPP, B. T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURV.
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