Unidentified Occurrence

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042146
MRDS ID M058511
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Swanson Spring Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10885, 39.99551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1911
Relative position 9000 FT. N 14 E OF PACKARD PEAK

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)

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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002W 30 NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • BIGGEST SHAFT IS IN GULCH BOTTOM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RED-BROWN CLAY AND VOLCANIC ROCK DECEIVED PROSPECTORS

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Rock unit name Apex Conglomerate
    Rock description Apex Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Topliff Member Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Topliff Member Great Blue Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10885, 39.99551

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAY BE IN APEX CONGLOMERATE AT BASE OF VOLCANICS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW, 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT, NOW FLOODED, SMALL PITS

Comments on development

  • SMALL METAL SHACK NEAR OLD SHAFT SUGGEST 1930S-1940S WORK

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1930'S
Deposit THIS COLOR ANOMALY IS DUE TO RESIDUAL SOIL ATOP MAGNESIAN? LIMESTINE
Deposit PROMINENT RED COLOR LED TO SINKING OF SHAFT SOME DEPTH OF RED MATERIAL IS SUGGESTED BY DUMP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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