Treasure Consolidated Group

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014885
MRDS ID D011963
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Consolidated Group
Alternate or previous names Treasurer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.623, 40.5405 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 1600 FT S22W FROM MILLER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 16 SW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result REPORTED TO CONTAIN 85 OZ/TON AG AND SOME LEAD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Ophir Formation;Maxfield Limstone
    Rock description Ophir Formation;Maxfield Limstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.623, 40.5405

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OLIVER TUNNEL PENETRATES THE MAXFIELD LIMESTONE AND THE SIERRA TUNNEL PENETRATES THE MAXFIELD LIMESTONE AND THE OPHIR SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED A FEW TONS WITH 85 OZ/TON AG AND SOME LEAD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 144.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT PITS SHOWN ON MAP, HOWEVER THESE ARE ACTUALLY COLLASPED ADITS. THE TWO ADITS ARE NAMED THE OLIVER AND THE SIERRA

Comments on development

  • TWO ADITS DRIVEN WITH ONLY A FEW TONS OF ORE PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE CALLED THE TREASURER MINE IS LISTED IN A TABLE ON PAGE 258 OF BUTLER, 1920. THIS IS PRESUMABLY THE SAME MINE AS THE TREASURE CONSOLIDATED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit APPARENTLY A SMALL VEIN DEPOSIT HOSTED BY QUARTZITE AND SHALE
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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