Apex Standard Number 1 Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron
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. 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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020819
MRDS ID DC14042
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Standard Number 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Lincoln

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05523, 39.94134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1765
Relative position 3800 FT S 53 E OF MINERAL HILL

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 22 SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HILLS EAST OF EUREKA TOWNSITE, SOUTH OF SILVER PASS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE UNDERGROUND PRODUCER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ophir Shale;Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Ophir Shale;Tintic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.05523, 39.94134

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Apex Standard Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Faults And Shears

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 30
    Plunge direction W
    Thickness 3.66M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 248.41M
    Depth to bottom 365.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Newmont Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office New York, Ny.

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1925-1950
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.1 Oz Au, 13.7 Oz Ag, 2.7% Pb, 0.4% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 387g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 273.71M
    Overall length 2590.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT; 1065 FT TO NE TO 1000 FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • A PROSPECT, SUNK BY MERRIMAN AND ASSOCIATES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Production

    COOK, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOT WATER ENCOUNTERED BELOW 1000 LEVEL. THIS IS CENTER OF EAST TINTIC THERMAL AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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