Bay State Mine

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Antimony, Barium-Barite, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014888
MRDS ID D011968
Record type Site
Current site name Bay State Mine
Alternate or previous names Bay State Mining and Development Co., Bay State Tunnel, Kelly Tunnel, Tyler Tunnel
Related records 10129814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.59411, 40.52827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2362
Relative position 9500 FT S51E FROM MILLER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(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 003S 003E 22 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Unknown
Kermesite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ONE OUNCE OF SILVER TO EACH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Dikes
    Rock description Diorite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.59411, 40.52827

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline. Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description North Striking Fissure

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POD
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of A North Striking Fissure And A Favorable Limestone Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • STIBNITE IS PARTLY ALTERED TO KERMESITE, THE OXYSULFIDE OF ANTIMONY, AND PROBABLY ACCOUNTS FOR ALL THE RED. STAINING ALONG THE STIBNITE SEAMS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SAID TO CONTAIN ONE OZ/TON OF AG FOR EACH PERCENT OF LEAD. SOME ZINC NOTED IN ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT SHOWN ON MAP. A MINE PROVIDED BY CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943 SHOWS FIVE ADITS, ALL STRIKING SOUTHWEST. THE COORDINATES FOR THE KELLY TUNNEL, THE MAIN PORTAL, ARE GIVEN FOR THE CARD. FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THE OTHER TUNNELS ARE THE TYLER, CHIPMAN, TUNNEL NO. 5, AND TUNNEL NO. 6 TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE FROM 1912 THROUGH 1919

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS CHIEFLY A REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO A NORTH STRIKING FISSURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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