Burgin Kennecott Mine

The Burgin Kennecott Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,577 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Burgin Kennecott Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: East Tintic Dist.

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.

Production

Year: 1972
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^12.4 % Pb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1956
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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: TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Great Basin To The West

Type: L
Description: East Tintic Anticline, East Tintic Thrust Fault (Ore In Hanging Wall), Eureka Standard, Apex Standard Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HI GRADE ORE - 15?? PB, 12?? ZN 340 G/MT AG. BRECCIA ORE - 2.1% PB, 6.3%ZN, 15.6%MN, 17 G/MT AG

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES FOR EAST TINTIC DISTRICT AS OF 1972 ARE 6.93 MIL MT OF 5 TO 10% PB, 2.09 MIL MT 10 TO 15% PB, 907,000 MT ABOVE 15% PB. TOTAL FOR ENTIRE TINTIC DISTRICT IS 9.26 MIL MT, 3.69 MIL MT, 1.37 MIL MT RESPECTIVELY (SEE JAMES, A. H., 1973, PB - ZN IN UTAH, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., SPECIAL STUDIES 44 P. 33.

Comment (Commodity): SPHALERITE CONTAINS UP TO 1% CD. IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION THE MILL TREATED SULFIDES ONLY.

Comment (Production): IN 1969 MILL CAP INCREASED FROM 454 MTPD TO 726 MTPD

Comment (Deposit): GROUND WATER IS HEATED BY THERMAL SPRINGS AND CONTAINS CORROSIVE MINERALS REQUIRING STAINLESS STEEL PUMPS AND PIPES. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS PRESENCE OF "SANDED DOLOMITE" A PRODUCT OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION WHICH CAVES BADLY AND FLOWS UNCONTROLLABLY INTO MINE WORKINGS

References

Reference (Deposit): SMIT, F. J., FOTH, H. C., 1970, THE 500 TPD CONCENTRATOR FOR MILLING THE COMPLEX OXIDIZED PB - ZN ORE AT TINTIC DIV.; IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER, EDS, AIME SYMP. ON PB - ZN, V. 1 P. 751 - 769

Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP USGS - 1943 - 1956 - DISCOVER THRUST FAULT

Reference (Deposit): 1956 DIREXPL BEAR CREEK MINING CO. - ORE FOUND

Reference (Production): JAMES, A. H., LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH P. 35. E/MJ INTL. DIR. 1976

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1961, MINING CONG. JOUR. V. 47 NO. 4 P. 108. BUSH, J. B., 1960, CHIEF OXIDE - BURGIN, ECON GEOL V. 55 P. 1116

Reference (Deposit): SHEPARD, W. M. ET AL, 1968, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DIST., UTAH; IN RIDGE, J. D. ED, ORE DEPOSITS OF U. S., 1933 - 1967, V. 1 P. 941 - 965

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, A. H., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL STUDIES 44, JULY 1973, P. 32 - 38.

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