The Elgin Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,800 Feet (2,987 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.62056, -111.55861
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Elgin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elgin Mine
Secondary: Scott Mine
Secondary: Copper Apex Mine
Secondary: Crystal Elgin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ACC. NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SECT. 25. CONSOLIDATED IN 1927 AS THE SILVER KING MINING CO. GROUP.
Comment (Commodity): TUNGSTEN IS FOUND IN THE CALC-SILICATE MINERALS.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 1948-1955 WAS VALUED AT $110,059.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN THE ELGIN MINE CONSIST OF 1140 FT OF ADITS AND INCLINES.
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES,L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 114, P. 82-86
Reference (Production): JAMES, 1979, P. 85
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