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Spelter Tunnel

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251718
MAS/MILS ID 0490030023
Record type Site
Current site name Spelter Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.47192, 41.26683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 006 N 006 W 12 SENENE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Hemimorphite Unknown
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Geertsen Canyon Quartzite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 30M
    Width 8M
    Area 7HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N10E:70W
    Minimum Depth to Top 5
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7
    Date of Last Modification 810924

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Promontory

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lakeview Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1976

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE LAKEVIEW MINING COMPANY, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO TRACE AND PROBABLY IT IS DISSOLVED. THIS STATEMENT WAS MADE BY H.H. DOELLING, CHIEF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UGMS ON OCT. 27, 1980.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THE ORE GRADE IS NOT AVAILABLE. FROM THE EVALUATION MADE BY THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION) IT MAY BE ASSUMED THAT THE GRADE OF THE SPELTER TUNNEL ORE WAS 5-PERCENT ZN AND 15-PERCENT LEAD. THE ORE QUANTITY SHOWN CAME FROM STUDIES MADE BY THE UGMS IN CONNECTION WITH OPEN-FILE REPORT 22, 1976 AND FROM UPDATED PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH UGMS (ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION) PERSONNEL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 76
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H. CHIEF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UTAH GEOLO-

  • Deposit

    GICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, OCT. 27

  • Deposit

    1980 AND JULY 1981.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND CO-AUTHOR OF OPEN-

  • Deposit

    FILE REPORT 22 (UGMS). PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, OCT. 30,

  • Deposit

    1980.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I. AND B.M. MCCARTHY. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976.

  • Deposit

    PROMONTORY DISTRICT. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION. UGMS OPEN-FILE REPORT 22. U.S.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES GRANT NO. GO264006, PP. 134-142.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T. STAFF GEOLOGIST, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UTAH

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION,

  • Deposit

    SEPT. 3, 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FROM VARIOUS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH PERSONNEL OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UGMS WHICH EVALUATED SPELTER TUNNEL, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE MINE IS DEPLETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-APR-93 Amaro, R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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