The Sweden Tunnel is a lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,700 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.53611, -112.18000
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Sweden Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sweden Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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
Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Fissures, And Folds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE LOWER TUNNEL CUTS QUARTZITE, A THIN GRAY ARENACEOUS LIMESTONE AND A NW-SW SLIP PLANE BEARING GOUGE. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES TRENDING N20W AND DIPPING 80SW.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES ON THE SOUTHWESTERN FLANK OF BINGHAM SYNCLINE. HOSTROCKS ARE HIGHLY DEFORMED AND ALTERED. ORE IS COMPLETELY OXIDIZED.
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS 250 FT EACH; COLLAPSED; INACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E. R., WILSON, J.C., 1975 GUIDE BOOK TO THE BIINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRIST AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET.AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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