Mine detail: Albion Mine

Previously called 'Alta United MinesSouth Hecla Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.57327, -111.62745

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Argentite, Bournonite, Cerussite, Galena, Gold, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1873
Last production ended:	1918

Geology

Host rock:	Tintic Quartzite;Maxfield Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure:	On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault, The Silver Fork Fault Lies To The East Of The Workings; Wellington Fissure
Tectonic:	Uinta Arch
Alteration processes:	Some Oxidation

References

MRDS	DC14734
DEP	10102129
Reference	{Deposit:: CALKINS, F.C AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THECOTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH USGS PP 201, PG. 129-130, PL 1}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S. ET AL, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS PP 111, PG. 276}{Deposit:: JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, 98 P.}{Deposit:: CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.}{Production:: CALKINS, F.C. & BUTLER, B.S., 1943, P. 129.}
Reporter	Tripp, Bryce T.