The Buckley Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.26694, -111.60750
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Buckley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckley Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Provo District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Garden City Mining Co., Johnathan Buckley
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1902
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Series Of N20 W Trending Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE 16 OZ. AG, 76 PERCENT PB AND TRACE AU
Analytical Data: 1913: AVG. 9 OZ. AG, 35 PERCENT PB, 36 PERCENT FE
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Production): 8-50 TONS OF PB-AG ORE SHIPPED 1902-1913 AND 1917; NO OXIDIZED ZINC ORE SHIPPED
Comment (Workings): MINE IS OPENED BY UPPER TWO WORKING WHICH ARE SEPERATED BY 130 FT. OF ELEVATION, THEY ORE DEVELOPED BY DRIFTS, CROSS CUTS AND INCLINES; LOWER TWO ADITS ARE SMALL PROSPECTS, STILL ACCESSIBLE
Comment (Location): LOCATION OF LOWER TWO ADITS CERTAIN, LOCATION OF UPPER TWO ADITS UNCERTAIN, UNABLE TO LOCATE ON LANDSLIDE COVERED SLOPE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF PA III.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART TWO, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1135-B.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., 1972, GEOL. MAP OF THE BRIDAL VEIL FALLS QUAD.: USGS GQ-998
Reference (Production): HEYL, A.V., 1963
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