The Vicksburg Mine is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,433 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: 5,433 Feet (1,656 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.3592, -113.09190
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Vicksburg Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vicksburg Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: West Toledo Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Newhouse Bldg, Salt Lake City, Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Hematite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Sulfur
Unknown: Galena
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): R.I. 4642 BY BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 80 BY BUTLER DATED 1913 PAGES 115 & 206
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA BY UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE BY UGM
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