The Swansea Mine is a gold, lead, copper, and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,181 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,181 Feet (1,884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.91222, -112.13083
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Swansea Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Swansea Mine
Secondary: Swansea Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Main Tintic Mining 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
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Front
Type: L
Description: Tintic Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .1 PERCENT CU, 4.4 PERCENT PB.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN FOLLOWS A ZONE OF LINKED AND BRANCHING FISSURES
Comment (Workings): THREE SHAFTS: NORTH IS ORIGINAL SWANSEA SHAFT MIDDLE IS SOUTH SWANSEA SHAFT AND SOUTH IS SWANSEA CONSOLIDATED SHAFT
Comment (Production): GRADE AS HIGH AS 90 OZ. AG/TON IN 1897
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MOUNTAINS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 12
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-
Reference (Production): COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1964 GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
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