The Utah Consolidated Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.94028, -112.09889
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Utah Consolidated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah Consolidated Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
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: Utah Consolidated Mining Co.
Home Office: C/O E.S. Mcintyre, Eureka, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: OTHER UNKNOWN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADIT WITH WORKINGS, 500 FT SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS. IN 1925 PLANNED TO DEVELOP FROM MOUNTAIN NEW OR COLORADO 4 SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): ORE FOLLOWS BEDDING
Comment (Deposit): ACQUIRED BY MAMMOTH CO. IN 1940S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ADIT ON SOUTH SIDE OF PINE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): CONTROLLED BY MAMMOTH MINING CO.
References
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.
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): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, NOVEMBER 30, 1921, PAGE 9-11.
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