The Hecla Mine is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 7,920 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,920 Feet (2,414 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.31556, -112.87944
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Hecla Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hecla Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Bradshaw 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
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: Mineral Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: N-S Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marble
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE CONSISTS OF FISSURE FILLINGS IN QUARTZITE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT & 2 ADITS
Comment (Commodity): CREDITED FOR MOST OF THE COPPER PRODUCED IN THE BRADSHAW DISTRICT.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 04.
References
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER #111
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22
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