The Bullion - Beck Mine is a lead, copper, zinc, and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,421 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,421 Feet (1,957 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.95, -112.12722
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Bullion - Beck Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bullion - Beck Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
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: Sharon Steel Corp.
Home Office: Miami, Fl. Or Hubbard, Oh.
Owner Name: B. Hannifin
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1877
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1876
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: PINCH AND SWELL, PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: East Faults
Type: L
Description: Bedding And Oblique Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, WINZE, AND LATER DEVELOPMENT FROM CHIEF MINE
Comment (Location): WEST EDGE OF EUREKA TOWNSITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): EARLY DAY DISCOVERY BY SHAFT SINKING
Comment (Deposit): LARGE IRREGULAR PIPELIKE BODIES WHERE ORE CHANNEL OF GEMINI CROSSES BECK FAULT. BEST ORES 400 TO 600 LEVELS
Comment (Deposit): A GOOD DEPOSIT, LAST DIVIDEND PAD JULY 1908, PROBABLY BEFORE ACQUISITION BY U S SMELTING, (PRESENT OWNER). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): VERY SIMILAR TO ADJACENT GEMINI MINE
Comment (Geology): MINING CEASED AT 1850 FT BECAUSE OF HIGH PUMPING COSTS; OPEX DOLOMITE CUT TO SOUTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): CENTENNIAL DEVELOPMENT CO., 1974, ADVERTISING BROCHURE, (NOT DATED)
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 (Production): MINES HANDBOOK, 1926
Reference (Deposit): MINES HANDBOOK, 1926, W.G. NEALE, EDITOR; NEW YORK N Y P 145
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LAUGHLIN, G.S. 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT UTAH U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107 282 P.
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.
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