| Deposit ID | 10020837 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14070 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Burgin No 1 and No 2 Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Burgin Mine, Chief Oxide, Kennecott Tintic Division |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.04607, 39.94995 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1715 |
| Relative position | 5700 FT N 80 E OF MINERAL HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utah(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 15 | SE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Cadmium | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Cerussite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyromorphite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| (1) | -112.04607, 39.94995 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Highly Brecciated Limestone, Fissures |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 426.72M |
| Width | 106.68M |
| Depth to top | 304.8M |
| Depth to bottom | 457.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1956 |
| Discoverer | Bear Creek Mining Co. |
| Year of first production | 1965 |
| Year of last production | 1978 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sunshine Mining Co. |
| Home office | Dallas, Tx. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chief Consolidated Mining Co. |
| Home office | New York, Ny. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 411.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14070 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
SHEPARD, W.M., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933-1967.
JAMES, A.H., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, SPECIAL STUDIES 44, JULY 1973.
SMIT, F.J., FROTH, H.C., 1970, THE 500 TPD CONCENTRATOR FOR MILLING THE COMPLEX OXIDIZED PB-ZN ORE AT TINTIC DIVISION: IN RAUSCH AND MARIACHER, EDS, AIME SYMPOSIUM ON PB-ZN, VOL. 1.
MCKNIGHT, E.T., UNPUBLISHED DATA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NOTED BY H. WEDON, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
SUNSHINE MINING CO, 1982, ANNUAL REPORT, PAGE 8.
BUSH, J.B., 1960 CHIEF OXIDE-BURGIN ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V.55, P. 116.
MORRIS, 1979
SUNSHINE MINING CO ANNUAL REPORT 1982 PAGE 8
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REPLACEMENT BODIES AND POTENTIAL ORE ASSOCIATED WITH SOFT SANDED DOLOMITE |
| Deposit | ONLY OPERATIONAL MILL IN DISTRICT, 726 METRIC TONS PER DAY. $3 MILLION SPENT BY SUNSHINE MINING IN EXPLORATION, 1981 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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