The Jay Hawks is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Jay Hawks MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jay Hawks
Secondary: Lead Hill East Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Promontory Point 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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $4 - $6/TON AU, 50 % PB AT SURFACE
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE UPPER END OF THE GULCH BETWEEN CEDAR RIDGE ON THE SOUTH AND THE CLARK LEASE ON THE LAKE VIEW TO THE NORTHWEST
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: A STRONG OUTCROP OF SILICEOUS ORE CARRYING GRAY COPPER, GALENA AND BROMIDES OF SILVER LIES IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF THE LEAD WITH THE GALENA SILVER CONTENT
References
Reference (Deposit): PROMONTORY PT ZINC DEPOSITS: SALT LAKE MIN. REVIEW, V. 17 , NO. 18 , P 97 , JAN. 15 , 1916
Reference (Deposit): SIEGFUSS, S. S., A RECON. OF THE PROMONTORY PT MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH BULL 15 , NO. 2 , P. 71 , 1925
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