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Silver Shield

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020916
MRDS ID DC14267
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Shield

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1508, 40.50633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position ONE MILE SOUTH OF PIT CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 003W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • CONSOLIDATED WITH BULLY BOY IN 1902. THE MINE IS NOW UNDER THE WASTE DUMPS.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1905 : 91 OZ AG, 47 % PB, 4 % CU, AND 2.5 OZ AU PER TON. AVERAGE VALUES ARE 41.5 % PB, 42 OZ AG, 3.5 % CU, $2.5 AU PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1508, 40.50633
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone (N 30 - 45 E, 85 Nw) And Up To 4 Ft Wide.

Ore body information

  • General form UPRIGHT, TABULAR MASSES OR SEAMS
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE FRACTURE ZONE CONTAINS BRECCIATED QUARTZITE, BARREN BLACK GOUGE, AND ALTERED AND CRUSHED PORPHYRY MONZONITE. THIS IN TURN CONTAINS PAY STREAKS OF SILVER AND GALENA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1918-1926

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1000 FT ADIT WITH A 110 FT SHAFT CONNECTING TWO OTHER LEVELS 200 AND 300 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 38 , P. 246

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1918-1921.

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1926.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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