The Bog Iron Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.55389, -111.61806
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Bog Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bog Iron Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IN OPEN VUGS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD - 1936 - 1938; 1941
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ACIDIC GROUNDWATER HAS CAUSED STALACTITES AND STALAGMITES OF LIMONITE TO FORM IN THE TUNNELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 126
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, AA AND OTHERS, 1966 , GEOL MAP OF BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 534
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
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