The Bay State Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,759 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,759 Feet (2,365 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.52806, -111.59361
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Bay State Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bay State Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Beds Dip 40 E, Three Fissures Parallels Bedding.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone And Dike Is Altered And Have A Sericitized Appearance. Stibnite Is Altered To Kermesite.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1919 : ONE OZ AG TO EACH PER CENT PB
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 1,250 FT OF WORKINGS
Comment (Commodity): THE STIBNITE OCCURS WITH BARITE AND DOLOMITE IN SMALL SEAMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 139
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES 1917
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, BS AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEP OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 270
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965
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