The Spelter Tunnel is a zinc mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 41.2669, -112.47110
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Spelter Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spelter Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Promontory
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: Lakeview Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1914
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: Limonite
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THE ORE GRADE IS NOT AVAILABLE. FROM THE EVALUATION MADE BY THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION) IT MAY BE ASSUMED THAT THE GRADE OF THE SPELTER TUNNEL ORE WAS 5-PERCENT ZN AND 15-PERCENT LEAD. THE ORE QUANTITY SHOWN CAME FROM STUDIES MADE BY THE UGMS IN CONNECTION WITH OPEN-FILE REPORT 22, 1976 AND FROM UPDATED PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH UGMS (ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION) PERSONNEL.
Comment (Deposit): FROM VARIOUS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH PERSONNEL OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UGMS WHICH EVALUATED SPELTER TUNNEL, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE MINE IS DEPLETED.
Comment (Ownership): THE LAKEVIEW MINING COMPANY, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO TRACE AND PROBABLY IT IS DISSOLVED. THIS STATEMENT WAS MADE BY H.H. DOELLING, CHIEF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UGMS ON OCT. 27, 1980.
References
Reference (Deposit): SEPT. 3, 1981.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION,
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T. STAFF GEOLOGIST, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES GRANT NO. GO264006, PP. 134-142.
Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION. UGMS OPEN-FILE REPORT 22. U.S.
Reference (Deposit): PROMONTORY DISTRICT. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 1980.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND B.M. MCCARTHY. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976.
Reference (Deposit): FILE REPORT 22 (UGMS). PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, OCT. 30,
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND CO-AUTHOR OF OPEN-
Reference (Deposit): 1980 AND JULY 1981.
Reference (Deposit): GICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, OCT. 27
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H. CHIEF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UTAH GEOLO-
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