Albion Mine

The Albion Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,879 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Albion Mine
Secondary: Alta United Mines
Secondary: South Hecla Mining Co.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Alta United Mines Co.
Home Office: 620 Commercial Bank, Midland, Tx. 79701

Owner Name: Wellington Mining Co.

Production

Year: 1918
Time Period: 1905-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.76 Dollars/Ton Au, 41.53 Oz/Ton Ag, 23.84% Pb, 0.3%
Year: 1886
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^65 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1874
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 28-34% Pb
Year: 1873
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^52-56.5 Oz/Ton Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault

Type: L
Description: The Silver Fork Fault Lies To The East Of The Workings; Wellington Fissure

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Oxidation

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bournonite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Comment (Production): UNSPECIFIED QUANTITY OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1887, 1 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE PRODUCED FROM SHALLOW WORKINGS ON THE ALBION CLAIM

Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY WAS LOCATED JULY 19, 1870

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SMALL IRREGULAR ORE BODIES

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS IN 1872 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT 200 FEET DEEP AND ABOUT 800 FEET OF DRIFTS, A MAP OF THE WORKINGS (PLATE 1, USGS PP 201) INDICATES APPROXIMATELY 40.00 FT OF TUNNELS.

References

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THECOTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH USGS PP 201, PG. 129-130, PL 1

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. ET AL, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS PP 111, PG. 276

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.

Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.

Reference (Production): CALKINS, F.C. & BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 129.

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