The Helen Adit is a manganese mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,129 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,129 Feet (1,868 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.97389, -112.06694
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Helen Adit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Helen Adit
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Clay
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co., New York N. Y.
Owner Name: Steele Brothers Lessees
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Striking Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Tuff
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 SHIPPED TO STEEL PLANT
Comment (Location): HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, ADJACENT TO WHITE STAR, TIP TOP.
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 DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5> LOVERING, T.S. AND SHEPARD, A.O., 1960, ALTERATION ON HELEN CLAIM, TINTIC DISTRICT DISTRICT, IN SWINEFORD, A., CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS, V.8, NATIONAL CONFERENCE P. 193-220.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO 12, 183 P.
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