The Story Mine is a copper, zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,051 Feet (2,149 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.51083, -112.14861
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Story Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Story Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR BODIES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Planes (N 60 W, 45 Sw)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ZN ASSAYS AS HIGH AS 18.5
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE IS UNDER THE DUMPS
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODIES ARE ADJACENT TO NE-SW FISSURES.
Comment (Workings): AN ADIT WITH DRIFTS, INCLINES, AND STOPES TOTALING 400 FT OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: UNMINERALIZED LIMESTONE IS WHITE, GRANULAR, AND SILICEOUS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PA 38 P. 241
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-25-1958
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