Mine detail: Bullion - Beck Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.94995, -112.12801

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Dolomite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL, PIPE
Discovery year: 1876

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1877
Last production ended: 1965

Geology

Host rock:Ajax Dolomite; Blue Bell Dolomite
Host type:Limestone
Structure:East Faults, Bedding And Oblique Fractures

References

MRDSM058525
DEP10042155
Reference{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.}
ReporterJames, Laurence P.