The Beck Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,631 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,631 Feet (2,021 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.94417, -112.09222
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Beck Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beck Mine
Secondary: Beck No. 2 Mine
Secondary: Old Beck Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: 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: Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
Home Office: Greenwich, Conn.
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Production
Year: 1913
Time Period: 1905-1913
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^27 Oz/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1904
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: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: North - Trending Ore Channel
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF BURRISTON CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): BECAME PART OF TINTIC STANDARD CO. THROUGH COLORADO CONSOLIDATED CO, 1927
Comment (Deposit): DOWN-DIP CONTINUATION OF HUMBUG ORE
Comment (Geology): LONG HORIZONTAL "PIPE" OF ORE WEAKENED TO NORTH.
Comment (Deposit): LARGE NATURAL CAVE ON 900 LEVEL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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 DEPOSIITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH, IN J.D. RIDGE, ED., GRATON SALES VOL II, AIME.
Reference (Deposit): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JUNE 30, 1913.
Reference (Production): LINDGREN WAND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919
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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