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Shamrock Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015237
MRDS ID DB00553
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock Mine
Related records 10179081

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34106, 38.40914 (WGS84)
Elevation 2545
Relative position 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUD LAKE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BULLION CANYON, 1000 FEET SOUTH OF BULLION FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Brigham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake 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 Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH 1/2 OF SECTION 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE # 1 ASSAY: .35 % CU .061 % PB .83 % ZN { 68 PPM MO 6.44 OZ/TON AG .069 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 2 ASSAY: .021 % CU .054 % PB .083 % ZN { 13 PPM MO .53 OZ/TON AG .013 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 3 ASSAY: .12 % CU .024 % PB .032 % ZN { 12 PPM MO .91 OZ/TON AG .004 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 4 ASSAY: .015 % CU 2.38 % PB .046 % ZN { 28 PPM MO 1.00 OZ/TON AG .024 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 5 ASSAY: .068 % CU .084 % PB .26 % ZN { 31 PPM MO 2.21 OZ/TON AG .017 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 6 ASSAY: .080 % CU .74 % PB 1.81 % ZN { 36 PPM MO 3.71 OZ/TON AG .036 OZ/TON AU { SAMPLE # 7 ASSAY: .060 % CU .49 % PB .12 % ZN { 73 PPM MO 2.21 OZ/TON AG .014 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 12 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG SW
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ohio Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Deer Trail Development Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE, A TOTAL FIGURE OF 500 TONS OF ORE IS ESTIMATED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 2.024HA
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 0.61M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAIN ADIT AND FIVE SMALLER ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: 15 INCH TO 2 FOOT CHIP SAMPLES ACROSS VARIOUS QUARTZ VEINS

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 32 - 39 .

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLOURITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 110 , P. 68 .

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CARRYING SMALL AMOUNTS OF SULFIDES AND OXIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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