Bromide Basin Mine

The Bromide Basin Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 10,381 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bromide Basin Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Henry Mtns./Bromide Basin

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Frank Lawler

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Henry Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Henry Mountains

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOLD 0.8 OZ./TON SILVER 1.2 OZ./TON, COPPER 10.75 PERCENT
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE - 6 INCH SEGMENT OF VEIN

Materials

Ore: Quartz
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ilmenite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORE ON DUMPS AND WORKINGS; FISSURE NOT FULLY EXPLORED.

Comment (Production): PRE - 1910 PRODUCTION VALUE FOR GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER IS $25,000

Comment (Deposit): GOOD ORE IN POCKETS ALONG FISSURE

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SECTION 34

Comment (Workings): 150 FT. ACCESSIBLE, INACCESSIBLE WORKINGS INCLUDE 125 FT. SHAFT, AND 380 FOOT DRIFT ALONG FISSURE. SURFACE CUTS ACROSS VEIN.

References

Reference (Production): USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THIS REVIEW

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1975 , P. 127

Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON UGMS BULL. 107

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1972 , HENRY MTNS. COAL FIELDS IN EASTERN AND NORTHERN UTAH COAL FIELDS: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY MON. 2 , P. 97 - 190 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 107 , P. 78 - 90 .

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER PP. 111

Reference (Deposit): 1953 RECON HUNT & OTHERS, PP. 228

Reference (Deposit): HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228 .

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