Salina Canyon Mining District, Sevier County, Utah, USAi

Regional Level Types
Salina Canyon Mining District	Mining District
Sevier County	County
Utah	State
USA	Country

The Salina Canyon mining district is located about 4 mi east of Salina in north-central Sevier County. Initial reports of production in the district suggest that minor quantities of Pb ores were produced between 1908 and 1912 and again in 1944 (Perry and McCarthy, 1977). Total district metal production at modern metal prices is estimated at $21,000. The Lead Hill mine is the only known producer.
Salina Canyon is situated in the High Plateaus of the transition zone from the Basin and Range Province to the Colorado Plateau. Mineralization in the district is localized near the unconformity between the near-vertical beds of Jurassic Arapien Shale and Twist Gulch Formation and flat-lying Paleocene Flagstaff Formation. Willis (1986) reports that the Lead Hill mine ores are gently northwest-dipping channel sandstones of the Flagstaff Formation. The mineralized bed ranges from a few inches to 6 ft thick (Perry and McCarthy, 1977). The Pb-Zn-Ag ores occur as an intergranular sulfide replacement in the sandstone with average grades of about 3% Pb, 0.75% Zn, and 3 ppm Ag (Willis, 1986). The primary sulfide minerals are galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. No intrusive rocks are recognized in the district and the metalliferous fluids may have resulted from the expulsion of connate fluids associated with the halotectonics of the Arapien Shale.