| Deposit ID | 10102129 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14734 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Albion Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Alta United Mines, South Hecla Mining Co. |
| Related records | 10203121, 10300607 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.62745, 40.57327 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3011 |
| Relative position | 3,700 FEET N 57 E OF MOUNT BALDY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Salt Lake(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Salt Lake |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003S | 003E | 08 | SE OF SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Bournonite | Ore |
| Cerussite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| Rock unit name | Tintic Quartzite;Maxfield Limestone | ||
| Rock description | Tintic Quartzite;Maxfield Limestone | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -111.62745, 40.57327 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Silver Fork Fault Lies To The East Of The Workings; Wellington Fissure |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1873 |
| Year of last production | 1918 |
| District name | Little Cottonwood District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wellington Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alta United Mines Co. |
| Home office | 620 Commercial Bank, Midland, Tx. 79701 |
| Year | 1873 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^52-56.5 Oz/Ton Ag | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1874 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^ 28-34% Pb | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1886 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^65 Oz/Ton Ag | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1905-1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2.76 Dollars/Ton Au, 41.53 Oz/Ton Ag, 23.84% Pb, 0.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14734 |
CALKINS, F.C AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THECOTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH USGS PP 201, PG. 129-130, PL 1
BUTLER, B.S. ET AL, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS PP 111, PG. 276
JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.
CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
CALKINS, F.C. & BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 129.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEVERAL SMALL IRREGULAR ORE BODIES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1982 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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