The Big Hill Shaft is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,430 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,430 Feet (1,960 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.95389, -112.07722
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Big Hill Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Hill Shaft
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
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: Anaconda Co, Subsidiary Of Atlantic Richfield Co.
Owner Name: North Lily Mining Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890S
Comment (Location): HILLS EAST OF EUREKA: GULCH ABOVE DIVIDEND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): NO ORE FOUND
Comment (Workings): 1600 AND 1900 LEVELS EXTEND INTO EUREKA BULLION PROPERTY, CONNECTION WITH NORTH LILLY 1200 LEVEL ON 1600. WORK CEASED 1932. STRONG WATER INFLUX AT ELEVATION 4705 FT
Comment (Geology): OBJECT OF SHAFT, OPHIR LIMESTONE, WAS NOT REACHED
Comment (Deposit): A PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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.
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. GEOLOCICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
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