The Sharp Min is a manganese and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,841 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,841 Feet (2,390 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.97444, -112.50722
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Sharp Min MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sharp Min
Secondary: Benmore Mine
Secondary: Larson-Winberg Mine
Secondary: Lawrence Sharp Mine
Secondary: Mary L Claim
Secondary: Victor Claim
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sharp Estate
Owner Name: C. W. Jenkins
Production
Year: 1937
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^31.6% Mn
Year: 1936
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^29.7% Mn
Year: 1930
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^20 To 25% Mn
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: TABULAR, LENTICULAR PODS
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR PODS
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MIXED SULFIDE ORE, 30% PB, 25% ZN. DEAN AND VINCENT (1949), PRECENTS, MN-29.8, SILICA-19.1, FE-7.6, ALUMINA-7.7, ZN-.45
Analytical Data: LOUGHLIN (1920), PB CARBONATE ORE, 40% PB, 20 OZ. AG PER TON
Materials
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO DESCRIBED UNDER THE RECORD NOS. DC152562(BENMORE MINE), DC15215 (LAWRENCE SHARP PROPERTY), AND DC15220 (VICTOR CLAIM) ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT; 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): A NUMBER OF SHORT ADITS, SHALLOW INCLINES, AND PITS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH 2 MAJOR TUNNELS, THE BROWN AND SMITH, WEST AND EAST, RESPECTIVELY. THE BROWN ADIT, APPROX. 1250 FT LONG, IS THE SOURCE OF MOST OF THE LEAD PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED LEAD AND ZINC MINERALS OCCUR WITH MANGANESE OXIDES AND LIMONITE, CAPPING BASE METAL VEINS ASSOC. WITH A PROBABLE RHODACHROSITE GANGUE
Comment (Production): PB ORE PROD. IN 1909, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922-1929, 1931, 1938-1939. PROD. INCLUDED, BY USBM, WITH NEW SULTANA IN 1913, AND NEW ERIC IN 1917. IN 1930, THE VICTOR CLAIM PROD. SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF FERRUGINOUS MN ORE, SHIPPED TO THE COLUMBIA STEEL CO. PLANT NEAR PROVO.
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Regional - Basin And Range\
References
Reference (Deposit): BENMORE CONS. MINES, DATA UNKNOWN; UNPUBL. PRIVATE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, MAX D., JR., 1951, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN UTAH: USGS BULL. 979-A, P. 15, 38-39
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES; UGMS BULL. 63. P. 115
Reference (Deposit): DEAN, K.C., AND VINCENT, K.C., 1949, CONC. OF OXIDE MN ORES FROM COLUMBIA AND ELBERTA MINING DISTRICTS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: USBM R.I. 4466, P. 6-9-------REF 5 HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 2. UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. B55-56
Reference (Production): CRITTENDEN (1951), HEYL (1963), USGS, MIN. RES. OF U.S., AND USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS
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