The Imperial Lead Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,020 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: 6,020 Feet (1,835 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.90222, -112.74222
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Imperial Lead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Imperial Lead Mine
Secondary: Doller Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Noranda Exploration, Inc.
Owner Name: Roy Hintze, Jackson Folmer
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): VERY LIMITED PRODUCTION,NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, FOR 1915, 1927, 1928.
Comment (Workings): FIVE SHAFT ADITS WITH ASSOCIATED OPEN CUTS AND PITS. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF DRIFTING IS APPROX. 500 FT. (USBM, 1948).
References
Reference (Production): USGS, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1924-1928; USBM MINERAL PROPARTY FILE 37.47
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1948, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.47.
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.B.,1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 63.
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