The Vulcan Mine is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,020 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,020 Feet (1,530 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.8517, -113.45310
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Vulcan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vulcan Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Fish Springs 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George C. Whitmore Co. C/Oleroy Johnson, Provo Utah
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FROM A-3, L.J. OLSEN, P.O. BOX 376, PROVO, UTAH, 84601
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1135-B BY A.V. HEYL PAGE 32-33
Reference (Deposit): USGS PRO. PAPER 111 BY B.S. BUTLER PAGE 466 (1920)
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