The Sells Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,681 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,681 Feet (2,646 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.58167, -111.64667
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Sells Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sells Mine
Secondary: Alta United Mines
Secondary: South Hecla Mining Co.
Secondary: Lexington Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Bismuth
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Alta United Mines Co.
Home Office: 620 Commercial Bank, Midland, Tx. 79701
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1914-1919
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.03 Dollars/Ton Au, 29.22 Oz/Ton Ag, 7.29 % Pb, .5 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone, Skipper Fissure, Ne Trending Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.03 DOLLARS/TON AU, 29.22 OZ/TON AG, 7.29 % PB, .5 % CU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Development): SELLS MINING CO. ACQUIRED BY SOUTH HECLA MINING CO., LATER CONSOLIDATED INTO ALTA UNITED MINES CO.
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT ALONG SKIPPER FISSURE BELOW THE ALTA THRUST ZONE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): WORKED FROM DWYER ADIT OF THE SOUTH HECLA CO. BUT CONNECTED FOR VENTILATION WITH SELLS (LEXINGTON) TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P.127-128.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.
Reference (Production): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., P. 128.
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