Lead Hill

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015628
MRDS ID DB01674
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Hill
Related records 10250939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.46221, 41.25604 (WGS84)
Elevation 1637
Relative position 10,200 FEET EAST OF LITTLE VALLEY HARBOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pokes Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 005W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Burrows Limestone
    Rock description Burrows Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.46221, 41.25604

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Promontory Mts.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Select Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Promontory

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lakeview Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 ADITS & A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, LEE I., AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976 : UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN FILE REPORT #22 , P. 134 - 143 .

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 2 , UTAH: USGS BULLETIN 1135 - 4 , P. 104 .

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S., AND OTHERS, 1920 , THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER III , P. 499 - 502 .

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEGL, A. V.

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVEY

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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