Orient Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020287
MRDS ID DC12933
Record type Site
Current site name Orient Mine
Related records 10252214

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40136, 39.84328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 1 MILE NE OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek(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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 005W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS S 1/2 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism & Assoc Minerals

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc;Orient Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc;Orient Granite Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Orient Formation (Quartzite) Host
    Rock description Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Orient Formation (Quartzite) Host
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40136, 39.84328

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years ITEM 1: 1934

Mining district

District name West Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • AN UNKNOWN, BUT SMALL, AMOUNT OF AU-CU ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22

  • Deposit

    STRINGHAM, B. F., 1942 , MINERALIZATION IN THE W. TINTIC MINING DIST: GSA BULL VOL 53 , #2 , P. 282

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-21-1958

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT

  • Deposit

    1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC 8014

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references