Head of Regulator Canyon

The Head of Regulator Canyon is a lead and silver mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 6,161 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Head of Regulator Canyon

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Lucin Mining District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Pilot Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR - SHEET-LIKE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization, Argillitization

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE SE 9 AND SW SW 10

Comment (Deposit): SCATTERED DEPOSITS, SMALL ORE BODIES. DIP VARIES 22 TO 30 DEG E

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, ONE SHALLOW SHAFT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SMALL QUANTITIES OF ORE REMAIN IN MINES

References

Reference (Deposit): BLUE, D. M., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LUCIN MINING DISTRICT, BOX ELDER CO., UTAH AND ELKO CO., NEVADA: UNIV. OF UTAH, MS THESIS.

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

Reference (Deposit): 1973 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

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