The Vipont Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.96444, -113.85139
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Vipont Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vipont Mine
Secondary: Includes Lexington-Argenta Property
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Ashbrook Mining 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Vipont Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Vipont Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PATCHES AND POCKETS OF IRREGULAR FORM
Structure
Type: L
Description: Numerous Small Crenulations Roughly Radial To Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 16.3 OZ/TON AG AND 0.046 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: OUT OF 63,710 TONS MINED IN 1922
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Tennantite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE IS DEVONIAN OR MISSISSIPPIAN IN AGE.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE SEC 1, SE SEC 6
Comment (Reserve-Resource): U.S. BUR MINES DRILLING PROGRAM? IN 1950S BLOCKED OUT NEW RESERVES, BUT MINING COSTS AT THAT TIME DEEMED TOO HIGH.
Comment (Development): C30 CONTINUED; COVELLITE, CHALCOCITE, CERUSSITE, NATIVE SILVER ; ECON.COM: NEW MILL CONSTRUCTED IN LATE 1970S
Comment (Deposit): MANY INTERCONNECTED ORE BODIES; SHALLOW SYNCLINE PLUNGING GRADUALLY SOUTHWEST; ORE BODIES ARE MOSTLY ON NE FLANK ORE BODIES EXTREMELY VARIABLE IN SIZE
Comment (Workings): INACCESSIBLE, NOTED TO BE EXTENSIVE; IN THE LATE 1970S THE DUMPS WERE BEING REWORKED AND TWO NEW ADITS DRIVEN.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: PETERSON, 1942
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER III.
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, V.E., 1942, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ASHBROOK MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. 37, P. 466-502.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON B.S. BUTLER PROF. PAPER III
Reference (Deposit): 1942 GEOLMAP PETERSON, SOC. OF ECON GEOL. BULL.
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOKS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THIS REVIEW
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