Buckley Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012766
MRDS ID D008664
Record type Site
Current site name Buckley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60828, 40.26689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2400 FT. S 57 E OF SQUAW MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridal Veil Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 003E 28 NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION OF LOWER TWO ADITS CERTAIN, LOCATION OF UPPER TWO ADITS UNCERTAIN, UNABLE TO LOCATE ON LANDSLIDE COVERED SLOPE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1913: AVG. 9 OZ. AG, 35 PERCENT PB, 36 PERCENT FE
Result HIGH GRADE 16 OZ. AG, 76 PERCENT PB AND TRACE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Or Humbug
    Rock description Deseret Or Humbug
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Series Of N20 W Trending Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Provo District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Garden City Mining Co., Johnathan Buckley

Comments on the production information

  • 8-50 TONS OF PB-AG ORE SHIPPED 1902-1913 AND 1917; NO OXIDIZED ZINC ORE SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS OPENED BY UPPER TWO WORKING WHICH ARE SEPERATED BY 130 FT. OF ELEVATION, THEY ORE DEVELOPED BY DRIFTS, CROSS CUTS AND INCLINES; LOWER TWO ADITS ARE SMALL PROSPECTS, STILL ACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF PA III.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART TWO, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1135-B.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1972, GEOL. MAP OF THE BRIDAL VEIL FALLS QUAD.: USGS GQ-998

  • Production

    HEYL, A.V., 1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.