Utah Mine

The Utah Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 5,131 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Utah Mine
Secondary: Fish Mine
Secondary: Mill-John

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Fish Springs District

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Utah International, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Fish Springs Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline

Type: L
Description: The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N 70 W & East-West

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Is Not Import. & Does Not Help In Location

Rocks

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

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1955 SELECTED HG SAMPLE: 0.007 OZ AU, 16.5 OZ AG, 7.5% PB, 38.6% ZN, 0.53% CU, 14.3% SIO2, 19.89% CACO3, 1.6% FE

Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Willemite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Vanadinite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): APPRECIABLE TONNAGES OF LOW GRADE ORE REMAIN IN THE MAIN FISSURE ZONES.

Comment (Deposit): ALONG UTAH GALENA FISSURE ZONE

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFTS, RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND PITS.

Comment (Commodity): OTHER MINERALS: HYDROZINCITE, AURICHALCITE, WILLEMITE, WULFENITE, VANADINITE

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

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE MINE AREA HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF CONTAINING ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC ORE, HOWEVER, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE BODIES WILL BE SMALL & COSTLY TO MINE

Comment (Production): 1914 ORE HAD A VALUE OF $1,580,186 WITH AN AVE. GRADE OF 44.04% PB, 128.35 OZ AG/TON & $0.48 AU/TON

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FOOTWALL OF THE DIKE.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON HEYL, A. V., USGS BULL. 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22

Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22

Reference (Production): BUTLER, B. S., AND OTHER, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL 111

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L. I., & MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.

Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A. V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): OLIVEIRA, M. E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1

Reference (Deposit): CHRISTENSEN, W. J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS

Reference (Deposit): BURANEK, A.L., AND CRAWFORD, A.L., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MILLJOHN SILVER-LEAD MINING CLAIM, FISH SPRINGS DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND IND. DEV. CIRC. #10.

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

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