Sunbeam Mine and Vein

The Sunbeam Mine and Vein is a gold, lead, copper, and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sunbeam Mine and Vein
Secondary: Elmer Ray
Secondary: United Sunbeam

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Sulfur-Pyrite

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District 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: Kearns Tribune Corp.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut

Owner Name: Leasers Dump Shipments To Silver City Furnaces

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1869
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northeast Veining

Type: L
Description: Split Just South Of Sunbeam Shaft

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): TINTIC DISTRICT DRAIN TUNNEL WAS PLANNED TO ACCESS AT DEPTH.

Comment (Deposit): IRON PYRITE WAS MINED AS FLUX AT ELEMER RAY IN 1880'S FOR MATTING FURNACES AT

Comment (Workings): ELMER RAY DEEP SHAFT LIES TOWARD SOUTH END; NORTHERN MOST END IS LESS DEVELOPED. STRONG WATER INFLUX STOPPED WORK AT DEPTH. APPEARS THAT ELMER RAY WORKINGS POSSIBLY WENT DEEPER.

Comment (Deposit): THIS WAS EARLIEST DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS SUNBEAM SHAFT; MANY SMALL SHAFTS ON VEINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Comment (Commodity): SUNBEAM MINE, 1/6 TOTAL VEIN PRODUCED ESTIMATED $1/2 MILLION

References

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.

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): 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.

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

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