Burgin No 1 and No 2 Shaft

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Cadmium
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. 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -112.04607, 39.94995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1715
Relative position 5700 FT N 80 E OF MINERAL HILL

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 15 SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MOUTH OF SILVER PASS CANYON LOCATION IS SHAFTS. DEPOSIT EXTENDS INTO SECTIONS 11, 14 AND 22 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AJ MUCH AS 1% CD IN SPHALERITE. 500 TO 700 T/D MILL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Sand Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04607, 39.94995

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Highly Brecciated Limestone, Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 426.72M
    Width 106.68M
    Depth to top 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hanging Wall Of East Tintic Thrust, Junction With Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • WITHIN EAST TINTIC GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM IN PART

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.
    Home office Dallas, Tx.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office New York, Ny.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CONTINUED 1976-7/1978. GROSS VALVE THROUGH 1975 $135.9 MILLION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLE AND POSSIBLE RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 411.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, MAIN LEVELS, SUB LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, A.H., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, SPECIAL STUDIES 44, JULY 1973.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MCKNIGHT, E.T., UNPUBLISHED DATA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NOTED BY H. WEDON, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    SUNSHINE MINING CO, 1982, ANNUAL REPORT, PAGE 8.

  • Deposit

    BUSH, J.B., 1960 CHIEF OXIDE-BURGIN ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V.55, P. 116.

  • Production

    MORRIS, 1979

  • Reserve-Resource

    SUNSHINE MINING CO ANNUAL REPORT 1982 PAGE 8

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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