Yankee Consolidated Mine

The Yankee Consolidated Mine is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,087 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Yankee Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Mountain View Lake View and Yankee Mines
Secondary: Uncle Sam

Commodity

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

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic 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: Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
Home Office: Greenwich, Conn.

Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS NORTHERLY ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Production): VALUE OF TONNAGE $1.2 MILLION IN AG, PB

Comment (Development): SUBSIDARY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW CO. DURING OPERATING DAYS ACQUIRED BY CONSOLIDATION INTO TINTIC STANDARD SUBSIDIARY.

Comment (Deposit): YANKEE FISSURE AND MANY FRACTURES INFLUENCE ORE

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL INTERCONNECTED MINES ON ORE RUN PROJECTING NORTH FROM IRON BLOSSOM CONNECTS WITH MAY DAY MINE DEPOSIT NUMBER 18

Comment (Geology): TYPICALLY, ORE FROM 7000 TO 7300 FT. IN ELEVATION IN FAVORABLE BED

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890S

References

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: IN RIDGE, J., ED., GRATON SALES VOLUME A.I.M.E., P 1060.

Reference (Deposit): MINES REGISTER, 1937 EDITION, NEWYORK, MINES PUBLICATIONS, NEW YORK.

Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., PART 2, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1135-B.

Reference (Production): MINES REGISTER 1937 P 81

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