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Tunnel Extension No. 2 Mine

Occurrence in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Silver, Tin, Gold, Lead, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10041868
MRDS ID M057737
Record type Site
Current site name Tunnel Extension No. 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -112.12966, 38.33049 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piute Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF MASSIVE CONTAIN GREATER THAN 10 % BI, 10 % SI, 7 % CU, 1.5 % SN, 1 % AG, 0.003 % AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -112.12966, 38.33049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR SHAPED MASSES
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ohio District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RADTKE, A. S., TAYLOR, C. M., FROST, J. E., 1967 , BISMUTH AND TIN MINERALS IN GOLD AND SILVER BEARING SULFIDE ORE: USGS PROF. PAPER 575-D, P. 127 - 130

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-79 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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