The Globe Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 9,409 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,409 Feet (2,868 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.5425, -111.63444
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Globe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Globe Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Belorophan Fissure, Yankee Fault, Silver Fork Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BELORPHAN FISSURE AND OTHER FISSURES DEVELOPED IN THE YANKEE MINE EXTEND INTO THE GLOBE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PP 201, PG 145.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S., AND PATTEN, L.L. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES UTAH: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 75-382, PG. 179.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LONE PEAK WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, UTAH AND SALT LAKE COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1491., P. 95.
Reference (Production): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND PATTEN, L.L., 1981, P. 95.
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