Mine detail: Burro Mine

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Location: Davis County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.84577, -111.7794
dep_id: 10041977
mrds_id: M058079
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Favorable Beds In Formation
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Maxfield Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Wasatch Fault
tectonic: Wasatch Front
disc_yr: 1907
discr: Pierre Peugeot
References:
  • Deposit:: STOKES, W.L., 1961, NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE GEOLOGIC MAP OF UTAH: UGMS
  • Deposit:: HIGGINS, W.C., SEPT 15, 1910. DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BURRO MINE: SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, P. 17-20.
  • Deposit:: HIGGINS, W.C., FEB. 15, 1910. SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, P. 31.
  • Deposit:: HIGGINS, W.C., MAR. 30, 1910. SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, P. 24
  • Deposit:: HIGGIN, W.C., AUG. 15, 1911. SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, P. 23.
  • Production:: HIGGINS, W.C., AUG. 30, 1910, P. 19.
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