The Hannibal Prospect is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,309 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: 6,309 Feet (1,923 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.96583, -112.07667
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Hannibal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hannibal Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic 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: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Home Office: New York, Ny.
Owner Name: North Lily Mining Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1935
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, OTHER PROSPECTS LIE TO N, E, ON SAME (?) CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1930S?
Comment (Geology): LITTLE INFORMATION. SURFACE PROSPECTS ARE IN VOLCANIC ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR PB-ZN ORE BODY FOUND FROM NORTH LILY MINE, IN TINTIC STANDARD AND NORTH LILY FAULTS
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PROSPECTS AND DRIVE FROM NORTH LILY MINE, 2700 FT NW FROM SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
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