Imperial

The Imperial is a lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Imperial
Secondary: Imperial-Lead

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: West Tintic 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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: Sheep Rock Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism & Assoc Minerals

Rocks

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

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

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Comment (Production): FIGURES NOT KNOWN

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED LEAD ORE CONTAINING SILVER.

References

Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B.F., 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL., V. 53, NO. 2.

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. & MCCARTHY, B., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-26-1962

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

Reference (Deposit): 1945 RECON HOBBS, S.W., USGS OPEN FILE RPT

Reference (Deposit): 1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC. 8014

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

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