The Lead Hill Main Adit is a lead and zinc mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.
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Lead Hill Main Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Hill Main Adit
Secondary: Sunshine Mining Co
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Promontory Point District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Minerals
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Production): 15 CARLOADS
Comment (Workings): ONE LARGE IRREGULAR TUNNEL REACHED BY MEANS OF TWO SHAFTS WHICH ARE ABOUT 50 FT. DEEP AND 100 FT. APART.
References
Reference (Deposit): SIEGFUS, 1924, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PROMENTORY POINT MINING DIST., UNIV. OF UTAH M.S. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): SIEGFUSS, S. S., A RECON. OF THE PROMONTORY PT MINING DISTRICT: UTAH, UNIV. BULL 15 , NO. 2 , 1925 , P. 69
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