The Bar X Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.915, -112.72750
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Bar X Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bar X Mine
Secondary: Esther Claim Group
Secondary: Esther Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bar B Mining Co.
Owner Name: Bar X Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABILAR
Form: TABILAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Death Canyon Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PRODUCTION ASSAYS FOR 1948 AVERAGED 9 PERCENT LEAD AND 9 PERCENT ZINC.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): 1950 AND 1952 PROD. LISTED BY USBM BY COMMODITIES: LBS. CU, ZN PB, AND OUNCES OF AU AND AG.
Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FRACTURES IN CHLORITIC SHALES INTERBEDDED WITH QUARTZITES.
Comment (Workings): A NUMBER OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING ADIT SHAFTS AND PITS. THE MOST EXTENSIVE WORKINGS, TOTALING APPROX. 1200 FT. OF ADITS DRIFTS, AND INCLINES ARE ON THE MARY ANN TUCKER NO.2 PATENTED CLAIM.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILES 109649, 178764, 233184, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 7228, 7253, 7260, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): THOMAS, G.H., 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF INDIAN SPRINGS QUADRANGLE, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UNPUB. BYU THESIS, PROVO, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1949, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.39
Reference (Production): USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952
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