Vipont Mine

The Vipont Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Vipont Mine
Secondary: Includes Lexington-Argenta Property

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Ashbrook Mining 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: Vipont Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Vipont Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PATCHES AND POCKETS OF IRREGULAR FORM

Structure

Type: L
Description: Numerous Small Crenulations Roughly Radial To Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 16.3 OZ/TON AG AND 0.046 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: OUT OF 63,710 TONS MINED IN 1922

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Tennantite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE IS DEVONIAN OR MISSISSIPPIAN IN AGE.

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE SEC 1, SE SEC 6

Comment (Reserve-Resource): U.S. BUR MINES DRILLING PROGRAM? IN 1950S BLOCKED OUT NEW RESERVES, BUT MINING COSTS AT THAT TIME DEEMED TOO HIGH.

Comment (Development): C30 CONTINUED; COVELLITE, CHALCOCITE, CERUSSITE, NATIVE SILVER ; ECON.COM: NEW MILL CONSTRUCTED IN LATE 1970S

Comment (Deposit): MANY INTERCONNECTED ORE BODIES; SHALLOW SYNCLINE PLUNGING GRADUALLY SOUTHWEST; ORE BODIES ARE MOSTLY ON NE FLANK ORE BODIES EXTREMELY VARIABLE IN SIZE

Comment (Workings): INACCESSIBLE, NOTED TO BE EXTENSIVE; IN THE LATE 1970S THE DUMPS WERE BEING REWORKED AND TWO NEW ADITS DRIVEN.

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: PETERSON, 1942

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER III.

Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, V.E., 1942, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ASHBROOK MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. 37, P. 466-502.

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON B.S. BUTLER PROF. PAPER III

Reference (Deposit): 1942 GEOLMAP PETERSON, SOC. OF ECON GEOL. BULL.

Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOKS

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THIS REVIEW

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