Mine detail: Bay State Mine

Previously called 'Bay State Mining and Development Co.Bay State TunnelKelly TunnelTyler Tunnel'

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.52827, -111.59411
dep_id: 10014888
mrds_id: D011968
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Trace mineral: Antimony, Barium-Barite, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
other_matl: Barite, Kermesite, Stibnite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, POD
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Replacement Of A Limestone Bed
ore_ctrl: Intersection Of A North Striking Fissure And A Favorable Limestone Bed
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Gardison Limestone;Deseret Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Diorite Dikes
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline. Sevier Overthrust Belt, North Striking Fissure
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Year first produced: 1915
yr_lst_prd: 1919
disc_yr: 1912
References:
  • Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 201.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920. THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 111.
  • Deposit:: BAKER, A.A. CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
  • Production:: CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943
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