Burgin Mine

The Burgin Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,604 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Burgin Mine
Secondary: New Burgin Deposit
Secondary: North Burgin Deposit
Secondary: North Burgin
Secondary: Tintic Project
Secondary: New Burgin Mine
Secondary: New Burgin

Commodity

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

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic 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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Sunshine Mining And Refining Co.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1994
Years: 1980 - 1993

Owner Name: Akiko Gold Resources, Ltd
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 - 1996

Owner Name: Tintic Utah Metals Llc (Jv Of Chief,Akiko,Korea)
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Owner Name: Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. (25% From Akiko Gold Res., Ltd.)
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Korea R
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 -

Owner Name: Akiko Gold Resources, Ltd.
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Company ID: 4200148
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1993 -

Owner Name: Kennecott Copper
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1996

Production

Year: 1970
Description: 36,341 14,226 12,620 137141 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1966
Description: 60,277 20,722 6,565 94789 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1965
Description: 10,648 3,200 1,330 26774 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1964
Description: 1,342 771 239 6460 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 2
Description: ______ ______ ______
Year: 1
Description: Ag, Kg Pb, Mt Zn, Mt
Description: Metals Recovered
Year: 1968
Description: 21,575 8,578 8,748 59151 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1967
Description: 27,779 13,504 7,325 57263 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1977
Description: 6,428 3,844 7,873 188425 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1976
Description: 14,138 6,189 9,345 162219 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1975
Description: 13,114 6,784 11,784 178021 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1974
Description: 21,038 9,533 11,446 147891 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1973
Description: 26,133 12,459 15,241 188311 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1972
Description: 31,433 15,581 12,290 173380 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1971
Description: 29,977 11,049 8,983 122279 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1969
Description: 15,003 6,539 8,064 87992 Mt Ore Milled
Year: 1978
Description: 3,368 1,843 2,751 83867 Mt Ore Milled Closed7/78

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Timbered Stopes - Overhand Square-Set
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1963
Discovery Year: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Dickite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Pyromorphite

Comments

Comment (Production): BURGIN MINED PRESENTLY BEING FURTHER DEVELOPED AS OF OCT 1987 TO BE REOPENED IN THE NEAR FUTURE 1963-1977 PRODUCTION FROM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS.

Comment (Economic Factors): VERY TINY AMOUNTS OF CADMIUM ARE THOUGHT TO BE PRESENT IN THE ORE BUT GRADE IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Ownership): KENNECOTT WAS THE OPERATING COMPANY UNTIL 1978, WHEN THE MINE SHUT DOWN. AS OF AUGUST 1980, IT IS KNOWN THAT SUNSHINE MINING CO. HAS SIGNED AN OPTION AGREEMENT WITH CHIEF CONSOLIDATION TO EXPLORE AND POTENTIALLY REACTIVATE- THE BURGIN MINE. THIS OPTION TERMINATED IN 1993. CHIEF CONSOLIDATED TERMINATED LEASE WITH SUNSHINE MINING COMPANY IN 1993. THYSSEN MINING CONSTRUCTION OF CANADA LTD HAS AGREED TO A 3 PHASE PLAN TO CONDUCT PRELIMINARY MINE ENGINEERING DESIGN, BUDGETING AND PLANNING SERVICES (PI): (P2); THYSSEN WOULD COMPLETE ALL NECESSARY CONSTRUCTION IF FINANCING IS OBTAINED: (P3); THYSSEN WOULD OPERATE THE MINE: (INFO AS OF NOV. 96).

Comment (Production): YIELD FIGURES ARE ESTIMATES BASED ON 1976 METAL RECOVERIES FROM BURGIN-MINE ORE.

Comment (Exploration): EXPLORATION PRIOR TO 1977 DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS EVALUATION.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 75-PERCENT-PROBABILITY ORE, IN QUANTITY MATRIX 1, COMES FROM UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: OPEN FILE RE- PORT 22. USBM GRANT NO. GO 264-006, 1976. ORE AT OTHER PROBABILITY PERCENTS, MATRIX 1, WERE DERIVED FROM OPEN FILE REPORT 22 AND DISCUSSIONS WITH FOR- MER BURGIN-MINE GEOLOGIST, AUG. 1980. CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. 1991 ANN. REPT, P. 3. M2C1=R1.

Comment (Identification): Need to combine MRDS records 10020837 (Burgin No. 1 and No 2 Shaft) and 10073158 (Burgin Kennecott Mine) into this record and delete those as duplicates.

Comment (Economic Factors): THE MINE SHUT DOWN IN 1978, THE MILL (CUSTOM MILL) WAS PARTLY ALTERED TO SERVE OTHER PURPOSES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1,090,000 MT 1988 RESERVE BASE PER PAH PB/ZN REPORT 1988 PAH REPORT

References

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #47, NOV., 20, 1996, P3.

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I.. FORMER GEOLOGIST, BURGIN MINE (AND CO-AUTHOR OPEN FILE REPORT 22). PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH F.AMARO, AUG. 1980. NOTES ON IFOC'S PROPERTY BACK-UP FILE.

Reference (Deposit): USBM'S UTAH MINE PRODUCTION STATISTICS: LODE MINE PRODUCTION AND METALS RECOVERABLE (CONFIDENTIAL), 1977.

Reference (Deposit): USBM'S UTAH MINE PRODUCTION STATISTICS: LODE MINE PRODUCTION AND METALS RECOVERABLE (CONFIDENTIAL), 1976

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, 8-9-96, P.106.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, 3-1-96, P.155.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NORTHERN MINER/5/15/95

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 87TH ANNUAL REPORT OF CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY-1995

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINING CO, 1993, SEC FORM 10-KSB REPORT, P. 10SKB-4.

Reference (Deposit): MOGENSON, A.P., W.M. SHEPARD, H.T. MORRIS AND S.M. SMITH. 1979. THE GEOLOGY OF THE BURGIN MINE. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, P. 114-121.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, 'SUNSHINE SIGNS CHIEF CONS.' TO REACTIVATE BURGIN MINE. AUG. 9, 1980, P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. AND B.M. MCCARTHY. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, BURGIN MINE,UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO. 22, USBM CONTRACT NO. GO 2941-006, 1977, PP.505-508. (CONFIDENTIAL)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): JOINT VENTURE TO DEVELOP THE NORTH BURGIN DEPOSIT: THE MINING RECORD, AUGUST 7, 1996, VOL 107, #32, P1.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T,1964, DISCOVERY OF THE BURGIN MINE, EAST TINTIC DISTRICT, U.S.A., IN CENTO, SYMPOSIUM AND MINING GEOLOGY AND ANKARA, P. 271-295.

Reference (Deposit): BUSH AND COOK, 1960, THE CHIEF OXIDE-BURGIN AREA DISCOVERY, TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL. 55, P. 15-27.

Reference (Deposit): Andover Ventures webpage, accessed 11-aug-2011 at http://andoverventures.com/_resources/Burgin_2011_MDA_NI-43-101final.pdf
URL: http://andoverventures.com/_resources/Burgin_2011_MDA_NI-43-101final.pdf

Reference (Deposit): Tietz, P.G., Technical Report on the Burgin Extension deposit, Burgin Project, East Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA: Prepared for Andover Ventures Inc., and Chief Consolidated Mining Co., July 29, 2011, NI-43-101, 105 p., (112 digital pages).
Pages: 112 p.

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