The Lead Hill Mine is a mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 5,505 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,505 Feet (1,678 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.9344, -111.81030
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Lead Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Hill Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Sevier
District: Salina Creek
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Celestite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): PAPER 111, P. 558-561
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: US
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