Selma Mine

The Selma Mine is a lead, silver, gold, and iron mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Selma Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: North 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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: PIPE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION TO MAIN SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Commodity): LOW GRADE IRON ORE WITH SMALL QUANTITIES OF LEAD AND PRECIOUS METALS

Comment (Workings): LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN DESCRIBED THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS AS CONSISTING OF A LONG TUNNEL AND A SHAFT 210 FT DEEP FROM WHICH AN EASTWARD DRIFT WAS BEING DRIVEN. PRESENTLY THE ADIT PPEARS TO BE ABOUT 1000 FT. LONG AND THE SHAFT HAS ABOUT 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS.

References

Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE SELMA HILLS, UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 45.

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

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

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

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