Burgin No 1 and No 2 Shaft

The Burgin No 1 and No 2 Shaft is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,627 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Burgin No 1 and No 2 Shaft
Secondary: Burgin Mine
Secondary: Chief Oxide
Secondary: Kennecott Tintic Division

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Cadmium

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: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Home Office: New York, Ny.

Owner Name: Sunshine Mining Co.
Home Office: Dallas, Tx.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1965
Year Last Production: 1978
Discovery Year: 1956
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Highly Brecciated Limestone, Fissures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Sand Dolomite

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Pyromorphite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, MAIN LEVELS, SUB LEVELS

Comment (Geology): WITHIN EAST TINTIC GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM IN PART

Comment (Deposit): ONLY OPERATIONAL MILL IN DISTRICT, 726 METRIC TONS PER DAY. $3 MILLION SPENT BY SUNSHINE MINING IN EXPLORATION, 1981 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM

Comment (Commodity): AJ MUCH AS 1% CD IN SPHALERITE. 500 TO 700 T/D MILL

Comment (Location): MOUTH OF SILVER PASS CANYON LOCATION IS SHAFTS. DEPOSIT EXTENDS INTO SECTIONS 11, 14 AND 22 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROBABLE AND POSSIBLE RESERVES

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION CONTINUED 1976-7/1978. GROSS VALVE THROUGH 1975 $135.9 MILLION

Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT BODIES AND POTENTIAL ORE ASSOCIATED WITH SOFT SANDED DOLOMITE

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SUNSHINE MINING CO ANNUAL REPORT 1982 PAGE 8

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): SHEPARD, W.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933-1967.

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, A.H., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, SPECIAL STUDIES 44, JULY 1973.

Reference (Deposit): SMIT, F.J., FROTH, H.C., 1970, THE 500 TPD CONCENTRATOR FOR MILLING THE COMPLEX OXIDIZED PB-ZN ORE AT TINTIC DIVISION: IN RAUSCH AND MARIACHER, EDS, AIME SYMPOSIUM ON PB-ZN, VOL. 1.

Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, E.T., UNPUBLISHED DATA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NOTED BY H. WEDON, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Reference (Deposit): SUNSHINE MINING CO, 1982, ANNUAL REPORT, PAGE 8.

Reference (Deposit): BUSH, J.B., 1960 CHIEF OXIDE-BURGIN ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V.55, P. 116.

Reference (Production): MORRIS, 1979

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