| Deposit ID | 10042155 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058525 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bullion - Beck Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.12801, 39.94995 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1957 |
| Relative position | 3900 FT. N30W OF EUREKA PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 003W | 13 | SW OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| 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 | ||
| |||
| (1) | Tintic Quartzite |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | East Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Bedding And Oblique Fractures |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL, PIPE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | 90 |
| Plunge direction | 70 S |
| Depth to top | 30.48M |
| Depth to bottom | 457.2M |
| 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 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | B. Hannifin |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sharon Steel Corp. |
| Home office | Miami, Fl. Or Hubbard, Oh. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 457.2M |
| Overall length | 4023.25M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058525 |
CENTENNIAL DEVELOPMENT CO., 1974, ADVERTISING BROCHURE, (NOT DATED)
MINES HANDBOOK, 1926, W.G. NEALE, EDITOR; NEW YORK N Y P 145
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.
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.
MINES HANDBOOK, 1926
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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