Beck Tunnel Number One Shaft

The Beck Tunnel Number One Shaft is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,070 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Beck Tunnel Number One Shaft

Commodity

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

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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: Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
Home Office: Greenwich, Conn.

Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1904
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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: BLANKET

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): A SUBSTANTIAL DISCOVERY AT THE TIME ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ALONG RAILROAD GRADE, E. SIDE GODIVA MOUNTAIN LA REINE ADIT LIES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO SHAFTS, 220 FT ABOVE ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Development): BECAME PART OF TINTIC STANDARD CO. THROUGH COLORADO CONSOLIDATED CO., 1927.

Comment (Deposit): DOWN DIP CONTINUATION OF HUMBUG ORE

Comment (Workings): SHAFT 300 FT DEEP IN 1913; ORE ON 300 FT, LEVEL

Comment (Geology): MAIN ORE SHOOT ALMOST HORIZONTAL, IN FLAT BEDS

References

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC 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.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH, IN J.D. RIDGE, ED., GRATON SALES VOL II, AIME.

Reference (Deposit): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JUNE 30, 1913.

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