Bullion - Beck Mine

The Bullion - Beck Mine is a lead, copper, zinc, and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,421 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bullion - Beck Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
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: Sharon Steel Corp.
Home Office: Miami, Fl. Or Hubbard, Oh.

Owner Name: B. Hannifin

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1877
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1876
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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: PINCH AND SWELL, PIPE

Structure

Type: R
Description: East Faults

Type: L
Description: Bedding And Oblique Fractures

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Dolomite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, WINZE, AND LATER DEVELOPMENT FROM CHIEF MINE

Comment (Location): WEST EDGE OF EUREKA TOWNSITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Development): EARLY DAY DISCOVERY BY SHAFT SINKING

Comment (Deposit): LARGE IRREGULAR PIPELIKE BODIES WHERE ORE CHANNEL OF GEMINI CROSSES BECK FAULT. BEST ORES 400 TO 600 LEVELS

Comment (Deposit): A GOOD DEPOSIT, LAST DIVIDEND PAD JULY 1908, PROBABLY BEFORE ACQUISITION BY U S SMELTING, (PRESENT OWNER). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Commodity): VERY SIMILAR TO ADJACENT GEMINI MINE

Comment (Geology): MINING CEASED AT 1850 FT BECAUSE OF HIGH PUMPING COSTS; OPEX DOLOMITE CUT TO SOUTH.

References

Reference (Deposit): CENTENNIAL DEVELOPMENT CO., 1974, ADVERTISING BROCHURE, (NOT DATED)

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 (Production): MINES HANDBOOK, 1926

Reference (Deposit): MINES HANDBOOK, 1926, W.G. NEALE, EDITOR; NEW YORK N Y P 145

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LAUGHLIN, G.S. 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT UTAH U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107 282 P.

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.

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