Leland Nos. 1 and 2

The Leland Nos. 1 and 2 is a gold and silver mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 10,180 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: Leland Nos. 1 and 2  

State:  Utah

County:  Grand

Elevation: 10,180 Feet (3,103 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.53111, -109.25361

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Leland Nos. 1 and 2 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Leland Nos. 1 and 2


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Utah
County: Grand
District: Mineral Mtn. Area, Northern La Sal Mtns.


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: La Sal Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritic Alteration


Rocks

Name: Colluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Colluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINE IS CAVED SO RESERVES ARE UNOBTAINABLE

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 OF SECTION 22

Comment (Workings): MINE CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS, ONE 65 FT LONG, THE OTHER 80 FT. LONG. BOTH ADITS ARE CAVED AT THE PORTAL.


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PERRY, L. I.

Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON HUNT, CHARLES B.; PRO. PAPER 294-I


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