The Leonora Mine is a lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,339 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,339 Feet (1,932 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 38.36333, -113.14306
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Leonora Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leonora Mine
Secondary: Admiral Dewey
Secondary: Admiral Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Star
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: Richard Roberts
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range Colorado Plateau Transition
Type: L
Description: Star Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Stained, Bleached
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL CAVED ADITS & SHAFTS, MAIN SHAFT 200 FEET DEEP
Comment (Deposit): IN 1909 BUTLER REPORTED THAT SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED, AND THAT A TUNNEL WAS BEING DRIVEN TO INTERSECT A SUPPOSED ORE BODY.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4, NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SEC 24.
Comment (Development): THE ADMIRAL DEWEY (ADMIRAL) GROUP ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY SEPARATE FROM THE LEONORA GROUP IS BEING CONSIDERED AS ONE. THE ADMIRAL GROUP ADJOINS THE LEONORA ON THE SOUTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46
Reference (Deposit): BAER, J.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V.9, PT. 2, P. 29-52.
Reference (Deposit): BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO.3 P. 6
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B
Reference (Deposit): 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3
Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46
Reference (Deposit): BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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