The Peruxian Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,501 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: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.57194, -111.64500
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Peruxian Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peruxian Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood (Alta) 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
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1911-1919
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.24 Dollars/Ton Au, 6.76 Oz/Ton Ag, 14.43% Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Near Axis Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A FEW TONS ASSAYED 6 DOLLARS/TON AU, 40-60 OZ/TON AG AND 40-70% PB.
Analytical Data: 700 TONS OF ORE AVERAGED 1.24 DOLLARS/TON AU, 6.76 OZ./TON AG AND 14.43% PB
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS AS OF 1880
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF BRECCIATED LIMESTONE ALONG NE FISSURE IN LIMESTONE MBR. OF OPHIR AND MAXFIELD
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. 128.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 256.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1916, 1917, MINERAL RESERVES.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1949, MINERAL YEARBOOK
Reference (Production): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 128, FOR LINE 1; USBM, 1949, FOR LINE 15
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