Lead Hill Main Adit

The Lead Hill Main Adit is a lead and zinc mine located in Box Elder county, Utah.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Lead Hill Main Adit  

State:  Utah

County:  Box Elder

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 41.25611, -112.46167

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Lead Hill Main Adit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lead Hill Main Adit
Secondary: Sunshine Mining Co


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc


Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Promontory Point 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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Minerals


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Lead


Comments

Comment (Production): 15 CARLOADS

Comment (Workings): ONE LARGE IRREGULAR TUNNEL REACHED BY MEANS OF TWO SHAFTS WHICH ARE ABOUT 50 FT. DEEP AND 100 FT. APART.


References

Reference (Deposit): SIEGFUS, 1924, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PROMENTORY POINT MINING DIST., UNIV. OF UTAH M.S. THESIS

Reference (Deposit): SIEGFUSS, S. S., A RECON. OF THE PROMONTORY PT MINING DISTRICT: UTAH, UNIV. BULL 15 , NO. 2 , 1925 , P. 69


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