Cunepah Tunnel

The Cunepah Tunnel is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cunepah Tunnel

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Lucin Mining 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

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: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitization

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES: PB 7 - 25 %, ZN 4 - 12 %, AG UP TO 0.8 OZ/TON

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Limestone
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): NW NE QUARTER

Comment (Deposit): FAVORABLE LIMESTONE BED. DIP RANGES 36 TO 45 DEG SE

Comment (Workings): ALSO A FEW PROSPECT PITS, SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS

Comment (Geology): STOCK IS 3/4 TO 1 MILE AWAY

References

Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR - PUBLICATION

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

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

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS FILES

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY - NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. P. 112 .

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

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

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