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Bullion Beck and Champion

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020820
MRDS ID DC14046
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Beck and Champion
Alternate or previous names Champion

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12496, 39.94995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1939
Relative position SW SECTION OF EUREKA CITY

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 003W 13 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12496, 39.94995
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beck Fault Trend S 70 W With 1,800 Ft Of Displacement. Beds Strike A Few Degrees North And Dip 70 - 80 E.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES OR PODS AND CHIMNEYS
    Width 182.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16093M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1,300 FT SHAFT WITH A 200 FT WINZE AT THE BOTTOM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 191 - 192

  • Deposit

    HEYL, AV, 1963 , OXIDIZED ZN DEP OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 73

  • Deposit

    TOWERS, G. W. AND SMITH, G. O., 1899 , GEOL. AND MINING IND. OF TINTIC DIST.: USGS 19TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3 - F, P.727 .

  • Deposit

    5) COOK, D. R., 1957 , GEOL. OF E. TINTIC MTNS. AND ORE DEP. OF TINTIC MINING DIST.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK #12 , PL. 3 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES CONNECTS WITH THE GEMINI TO THE NORTH AND THE EUREKA HILL MINE TO THE SOUTHEAST.

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

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

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