The Boss Tweed Adit, Shaft is a copper and bismuth mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,051 Feet (2,149 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Bismuth
Lat, Long: 39.92333, -112.10333
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Boss Tweed Adit, Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boss Tweed Adit, Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Bismuth
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization Sililcification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SHAFT ON MAP BELIVED TO BE ADIT. SILVER SPAR WORKINGS INCLUDED IN DESCRIPTION.
Comment (Workings): ADIT AND WINZES BY 1900. SILVER SPAR ADITS, PITS
Comment (Geology): SILVER SPAR MAY REFER TO BARITE, IS SEPARATE VEIN OR LODE
Comment (Deposit): A HIGHLY MINERALIZED HILLSIDE THAT FAILED TO YIELD MAJOR ORE BODIES. POSSIBLY A FRINGE EFFECT FROM MAJOR CHANNELS TO EAST AND WEST.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870S
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP. F5> TOWER, G.W., AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME 3.
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