The Saints Rest Gulch Ne Mines is a zinc, silver, lead, and copper mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 5,699 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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.50861, -112.10861
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Saints Rest Gulch Ne Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Saints Rest Gulch Ne Mines
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co.
Production
Not available
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures, Fractures, Folds And Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES CLOSE TO A FAULT. HOSTRAOCKS ARE DEFORMED AND ALTERED. MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FRACTURES AND FISSURES.
Comment (Geology): THE LIMESTONES ARE DARK GRAY TO BLACK, WEATHERING LIGHT GRAY BLUE WITH A SMOOTH SURFACE, VERY FINE-GRAINED, THIN BEDDED TO PLATY, WITH SOME SILT STRINGERS AND SMALL 1/2" TO 1" DIAMETER BLACK ROUNDED CHERT NODULES. QUARTZITES ARE DARK GRAY TO GREENISH GRAY AND SILTY. SHALES ARE PULVERIZED
Comment (Deposit): BUTTERFIELD FORMATION IS INTRUDED BY SILLS, DIKES AND SMALL PLUTONS. LATITE INTRUSIVES ARE YOUNGER THAN THE SURROUNDING VOLCANIC ROCKS AND BRECCIAS. LATITIC ROCKS AR, PRINCIPALLY MEDIUM-GRAY TO MEDIUM GREENISH-GRAY 'HORNBLENDE-LATITES' AND 'HORNBLENDE-BIOTITE' LATITES, THAT WEATHER TARNISH TO BROWNISH GRAY. VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONSISTS OF ANGULAR TO SUBROUNDED LITHIC FRAGMENTS, COMMONLY UP TO 2 INCHES IN LENGTH, SET IN A DENSE MOSTLY APHANITIC MATRIX. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT AND ONE TUNNEL, SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 16 UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS P.P. 111. 672P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 38, 410P.
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