The Treasure Box Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,719 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: 6,719 Feet (2,048 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.83306, -111.77139
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Treasure Box Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Treasure Box Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Hot Springs (Adams) 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
Owner Name: Treasure Box Mining Co.
Home Office: S.C. Smith, President
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 82% PB WITH HIGH SILVER
Analytical Data: 29 TO 49% ZN, 6-19 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ADIT IS PRESENTLY PRODUCING A STRONG FLOW OF WATER. A COMPRESSOR SHACK, RECEIVER TANK AND OLD TRACTOR ARE STILL ON THE SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Reserve-Resource): HIGGIN, W.C., MAR. 15, 1918, P. 43.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Development): LONG ABANDONED, NO ACTIVE CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW REPORTED A TOTAL OF 10,000 FT. OF WORKINGS BY 1918. THERE WAS AN UPPER TUNNEL 9,805 FT LONG AND A LOWER TUNNEL 195 FT. LONG. THE TWO TUNNELS WERE SEPERATED BY 250 FT. ELEVATION. THE LOWER TUNNEL WAS TO BE EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL 300 FT. THE LOWER TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE SAME ORE SHOOT AS THE UPPER TUNNEL. AN ON SIGHT INVESTIGATION, HOWEVER, REVEALED ONLY ONE TUNNEL APPROXIMATELY 800 FT. LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1873, MINERAL RESERVES OF THE UNITED STATES, P. 278.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 227.
Reference (Deposit): HIGGIN, W.C. (ED.), 1918, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JA. 30, P. 41.
Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C. (ED.), 1918, SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, MAR. 15, P. 43.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
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