Old Susan Mine

The Old Susan Mine is a lead, zinc, copper, and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,319 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Old Susan Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 6,319 Feet (1,926 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.85722, -112.11361

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Old Susan Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Old Susan Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Probably With Tintic Mountain Caldera

Type: L
Description: N 53 E Trending Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): CRYSTALLINE AND SUGARY TEXTURED QUARTZ VEINS WITH IRREGULAR PODS OF OXIDIZED ORE

Comment (Workings): MAIN ADIT IS GOBBED IN AT 105 YDS. BUT PROBABLY HAS 2000 FT. OF TOTAL WORKINGS, THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS CUTS, PITS, SHAFTS AND ADITS ALONG SAME AND SUBPARALLEL VEINS

Comment (Deposit): THERE IS ABOUT 1500 FT OF CORE STORED INSIDE THE PORTAL OF THE MAIN ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F; 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-883

Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1901, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, MAY 30, P. 18.

Reference (Deposit): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1913, THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JULY 15, P. 30.


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