Helen Adits

The Helen Adits is a manganese mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,129 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

Name: Helen Adits  

State:  Utah

County:  Utah

Elevation: 6,129 Feet (1,868 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese

Lat, Long: 39.97389, -112.06694

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Helen Adits MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Helen Adits


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Clay
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver


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: Steele Brothers


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: North Striking Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization


Rocks

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

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

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

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920S

Comment (Commodity): HEMATITIC PYROLUSITE WAS SHPPED TO STEEL PLANT

Comment (Location): HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, ADJACENT TO WHITE STAR, TIP TOP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Development): A PROSPECT

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW ADITS, CUTS


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): LOVERING, T.S. AND SHEPARD, A.O., 1960, ALTERATION ON HELEN CLAIM, TNTIC DISTRICT, IN SWINEFORD, A., CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS, V.8, NATIONAL CONFERENCE P. 193-220.


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