The Drill Holes North of Burgin is a lead and zinc mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.96583, -112.04139
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Drill Holes North of Burgin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Drill Holes North of Burgin
Secondary: Kennecott Holes
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Kennecott Minerals, Division Of Soltio Petroleum
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp Division Of Soltio Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1978
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Type: L
Description: Minor Nne Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): NORTH OF HIGHWAY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): CORE DRILL HOLELS
Comment (Workings): DIAMOND DRILL HOLES -2 OR MORE- TO 1500 FEET OR MORE
Comment (Geology): PRESUMABLY HOLES HIT SEDIMENTS AT DEPTH.
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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