| Deposit ID | 10020095 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12553 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Northern Spy Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Carisa |
| Related records | 10276825 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.10023, 39.92939 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2256 |
| Relative position | 1000 FT S 45 E OF MAMMOTH PEAK |
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)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 30 | SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Deseret Limestone;Pinyon Peak; Victoria | ||
| Rock description | Deseret Limestone;Pinyon Peak; Victoria | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.10023, 39.92939 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sioux A Tap Fault Zone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Caves |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 E |
| Dip | 90 |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1925 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Empire Mines Co |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | New York, N.Y. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 4827.9M |
| Overall depth | 213.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12553 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
TOWER, G.W., JR., AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME III, 1897-1898.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880S |
| Deposit | DUMP OF ADIT HAS STRONGLY SILICIFIED LIMESTONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | 15 SOUTH EXTENSION OF SIOUX AND UTAH MINES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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