The Sessions Mountains Prospect is a lead and silver mine located in Davis county, Utah at an elevation of 7,920 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,920 Feet (2,414 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.87028, -111.79444
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Sessions Mountains Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sessions Mountains Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Davis
District: Hot Springs (Adams) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerussite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Deposit): WORKING COVERED WITH SNOW AT TIME OF VISIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTLEY, D.B., 1885, THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF UTAH: TENTH CENSUS U.S., VOL. 13, STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE PRECIOUS METALS, P. 405-489.
Reference (Deposit): STOKES, W.L., 1961, NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE GEOLOGIC MAP OF UTAH: UGMS.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 111, P. 227.
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