Bullion - Beck Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic
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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10042155
MRDS ID M058525
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion - Beck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12801, 39.94995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1957
Relative position 3900 FT. N30W OF EUREKA PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 13 SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • WEST EDGE OF EUREKA TOWNSITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY SIMILAR TO ADJACENT GEMINI MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ajax Dolomite; Blue Bell Dolomite
    Rock description Ajax Dolomite;Blue Bell Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding And Oblique Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL, PIPE
    Strike N
    Dip 90
    Plunge direction 70 S
    Depth to top 30.48M
    Depth to bottom 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Gemini Ore Rcn

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINING CEASED AT 1850 FT BECAUSE OF HIGH PUMPING COSTS; OPEX DOLOMITE CUT TO SOUTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1876
Discoverer John Beck
Year of first production 1877
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. Hannifin
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sharon Steel Corp.
    Home office Miami, Fl. Or Hubbard, Oh.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 457.2M
    Overall length 4023.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, WINZE, AND LATER DEVELOPMENT FROM CHIEF MINE

Comments on development

  • EARLY DAY DISCOVERY BY SHAFT SINKING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CENTENNIAL DEVELOPMENT CO., 1974, ADVERTISING BROCHURE, (NOT DATED)

  • Deposit

    MINES HANDBOOK, 1926, W.G. NEALE, EDITOR; NEW YORK N Y P 145

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LAUGHLIN, G.S. 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT UTAH U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107 282 P.

  • 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.

  • Production

    MINES HANDBOOK, 1926

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE IRREGULAR PIPELIKE BODIES WHERE ORE CHANNEL OF GEMINI CROSSES BECK FAULT. BEST ORES 400 TO 600 LEVELS
Deposit A GOOD DEPOSIT, LAST DIVIDEND PAD JULY 1908, PROBABLY BEFORE ACQUISITION BY U S SMELTING, (PRESENT OWNER). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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