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Humbug Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020833
MRDS ID DC14066
Record type Site
Current site name Humbug Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09996, 39.94439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 900 FT N 45 E OF GODIVA MOUNTAIN

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)

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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 19;20 SE OF NE (19); SW OF NW (20) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SLOPE OF MOUNTAIN, MAIN (?) ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH AG WITH GALENA, HIGH AU WITH QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humbug Formation;Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Humbug Formation;Deseret Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Ajax Dolomite and Opex Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Trending Ore Runs

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, PIPE
    Depth to top 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure - Bed Intersections

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD MORE ABUNDANT IN LOWER WORKINGS; ACCOMPANIES QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3218.6M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS LEADING TO DISCOVERY OF ORE CHANNEL; SHAFTS TO DEPTH

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS FOLLOW ORE SOUTH ORE ELEVATION DROPS 200 FT BY THE TIME SIOUX AND UTAH ADITS ARE REACHED

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.

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, J.W., 1941, THE JESSE KNIGHT FAMILY; SALT LAKE CITY, DESERT NEWS PRESS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N-S VEIN FOUND ON SURFACE 200 FT ABOVE UPPER ADIT

Reporter information

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

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