The Reed and Benson Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,058 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,058 Feet (2,761 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.60778, -111.65028
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Reed and Benson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reed and Benson Mine
Secondary: Kennebec Consolidated Group
Secondary: Kennebec Mine
Secondary: Craig Tunnel
Secondary: New Goodspeed Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1870
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: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: CHIMNEY
Form: CHIMNEY
Structure
Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch; East Of Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Overthrust, Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 45% PB, 42 OZ/TON AG WITH3% MOISTURE OPHIR MINE
Analytical Data: 120 OZ/TON AG, 35% PB REED & BENSON MINE
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): INCLUDES: REED AND GODSPEED, OPHIR AND KENNEBEC WORKINGS ALSO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Production): REED & BENSON WORKED VIGOROUSLY FROM SEPT. 1871-APRIL 1878, HAS BEEN LEASED TO A LIMITED EXTENT SINCE THEN. REED AND BENSON MINE SUMMER 1873 PRODUCED 10 TONS/DAY, FALL 1873 15 TONS/DAY OF A GRAY CARBONATE AND GALENA ORE
Comment (Development): CHIMNEY ORIGINALLY WORKED THROUGH FOUR INCLINES, LATER EFFORTS TO INTERCEPT ONE AT DEPTH WITH LONG ADITS WERE LARGELY UNSUCCESSFUL
Comment (Deposit): CHIMNEY NARROWED WITH DEPTH
Comment (Workings): THREE MAIN WORKINGS ARE CRAIG TUNNEL, KENNEBEC (NEW GOODSPEED) TUNNEL AND REED AND BENSON TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): OTHER FORMATIONS OCCURRING ON THE PROPERTY INCLUDE TINTIC QUARTZITE, OPHIR SHALE (CAMB.), MADISON AND DESERET LIMESTONES (MISS.)
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD.; USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PP 201, PG. 107-109.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGMS BULLETIN 114, PG. 71-73.
Reference (Production): USGS PP 201, PG. 109
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