North Beck Shaft and Nearby Prospects

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012613
MRDS ID D008336
Record type Site
Current site name North Beck Shaft and Nearby Prospects
Alternate or previous names North Beck Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13301, 39.96606 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position 8500 FT NE OF SNELL RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 12 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Clay Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAY HAS NOT BEEN PRODUCED BUT OCCURS IN NUMEROUS BODIES UP TO 6 FT. THICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Cole Canyon Dolomite;Herkimer Formation;Teutonic Ls.;Ophir Formation
    Rock description Cole Canyon Dolomite;Herkimer Formation;Teutonic Ls.;Ophir Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer E.J.Raddatz

Mining district

District name Main Tintic Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.077HA
    Length 731.52M
    Overall depth 487.68M
    Overall length 184M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SHAFTS, FOUR ADITS AND TWELVE PROSPECTS, THE NORTH BECK MINE SHAFT IS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT WORKING PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NORTH BECK SHAFT WAS SUNK 1600 FT WITHOUT ENCOUNTERING SIGNIFICANT ORE BY E.J. RADDATZ IN 1920 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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