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Carisa Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020236
MRDS ID DC12844
Record type Site
Current site name Carisa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10162, 39.92745 (WGS84)
Elevation 2295
Relative position 0.3 MILES SOUTH OF MAMMOTH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS NORTHERN SPY MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Enargite Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Complete Oxidation Down To The 100 Ft Level. Rocks Are Partly Marbleized To A White Coarse-Grain Rock Known As Carisa Lime.

Analytical data

Result AVE: 0.1 OZ AU, 6 OZ AG, 4.9 % CU, 0.1 % PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10162, 39.92745
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure ( N 20 E, 45 - 60 S And 90 )

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOT
    Length 152.4M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 243.84M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Comments on the workings information

  • AN 800 FT SHAFT. THE BOTTOM LEVEL IS FILLED KNEE DEEP WITH WATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 231 - 232

  • Deposit

    TOWERS, GW AND SMITH, GO, 1899 , GEOL & MINING IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN. REPT, PT 3 - F, P. 753

  • Deposit

    COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-05-1958

  • Production

    UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FOLLOWS A FISSURE
Deposit COMPANY PAID $60,000 IN DIVIDENDS

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.

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