Munding Mine

The Munding Mine is a lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,080 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

Name: Munding Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 7,080 Feet (2,158 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 39.99694, -112.18222

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Munding Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Munding Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Iron


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: North Tintic Mining District


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Orlando Munding


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1933
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Wasatch Front

Type: L
Description: Tintic Prince Fault Zone And North Tintic Anticline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF ORE REPORTED SHIPPED

Comment (Workings): ONE SHORT COLLAPSED ADIT AND ONE SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT

Comment (Geology): PYRITE, GALENA AND QUARTZ REPLACING FAULT GOUGE


References

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-

Reference (Production): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L


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