The Bay State Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,759 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,759 Feet (2,365 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.52806, -111.59361
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Bay State Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bay State Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Beds Dip 40 E, Three Fissures Parallels Bedding.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone And Dike Is Altered And Have A Sericitized Appearance. Stibnite Is Altered To Kermesite.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1919 : ONE OZ AG TO EACH PER CENT PB
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 1,250 FT OF WORKINGS
Comment (Commodity): THE STIBNITE OCCURS WITH BARITE AND DOLOMITE IN SMALL SEAMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 139
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES 1917
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, BS AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEP OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 270
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965
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