The Eureka Bullion Shaft is a lead, silver, copper, and gold mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,207 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,207 Feet (1,892 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.95472, -112.07194
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Eureka Bullion Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eureka Bullion Shaft
Secondary: Grutli
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: North Lily Mining Co.
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: New York, N.Y.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1909
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures Breccia
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EXTENSION OF NORTH LILY AND TINTIC BULLION ORES
Comment (Workings): GRUTLI ADIT EXTENDS 85 FT N FROM SHAFT COLLAR. LATE DEVELOPMENT FROM NORTH LILY SHAFT
Comment (Geology): N55A IS A PEBBLE DIKE
Comment (Location): HILLS EAST OF EUREKA; SOUTH OF HIGHWAY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
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