The Cunepah Tunnel is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.2, -114.02722
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Cunepah Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cunepah Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Lucin 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
Not available
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Pilot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES: PB 7 - 25 %, ZN 4 - 12 %, AG UP TO 0.8 OZ/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Limestone
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW NE QUARTER
Comment (Deposit): FAVORABLE LIMESTONE BED. DIP RANGES 36 TO 45 DEG SE
Comment (Workings): ALSO A FEW PROSPECT PITS, SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS
Comment (Geology): STOCK IS 3/4 TO 1 MILE AWAY
References
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR - PUBLICATION
Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS FILES
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY - NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. P. 112 .
Reference (Deposit): BLUE, D. M., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LUCIN MINING DISTRICT, BOX ELDER COUNTY UTAH AND ELKO CO., NEVADA: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
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