Provo Shaft

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020081
MRDS ID DC12522
Record type Site
Current site name Provo Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06857, 39.95328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1867
Relative position 0.5 MILE W - SW OF DIVIDEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF EUREKA LILLY CONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06857, 39.95328

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Eureka Lily Fault , Provo Fissure.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name East Tintic District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tintic Standard Mining Co.
    First year 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 300.23M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 285 FT SHAFT WITH ONE LEVEL AT THE BOTTOM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references