The La Plata Claims is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Cache county, Utah at an elevation of 7,441 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,441 Feet (2,268 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.44472, -111.67861
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La Plata Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Plata Claims
Secondary: Sundown
Secondary: Sunrise
Secondary: Silver King
Secondary: Lead King
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Cache
District: Paradise
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: Reed Bullen
Production
Year: 1892
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^76 Percent Pb, 10 Oz. Ag
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
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bear River Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paris-Willard Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO FIGURES AVAILABLE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS E 1/2
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS, TWO SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS ALL NOW COLLAPSED OR FLOODED
References
Reference (Production): CHAPELLE, J.C., 1976, MINERALIZATION OF THE BEAR RIVER RANGE: UTAH STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CHAPELLE, J.C., 1976, MINERALIZATION IN THE BEAR RIVER RANGE: UTAH STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): CHAPELLE, J.C., 1976, MINERALIZATION OF THE BEAR RIVER RANGE: UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY M.S. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY OFR-22.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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