| Deposit ID | 10042153 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058523 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gemini Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.12385, 39.96217 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1978 |
| Relative position | 7400 FT DUE SOUTH OF PACKARD PEAK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 003W | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Result | ALL ORE TO 1912 10% PB, 40 OZ AG AVERAGE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Bluebell Dolomite |
| Rock description | Bluebell Dolomite |
| (1) | Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northerly |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Cross Fractures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 609.6M |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Mcchrystal Family?, Jackson C. And John H. |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chief Consolidated Mining Co. - Controlling Interest? |
| Home office | New York, Ny. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 731.52M |
| Overall depth | 594.36M |
| Overall length | 16093M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058523 |
LINDGREN, W., AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, PLATE XXX 11, PAGES 186-7
MORRIS, H.T., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF MAIN TINTIC MI(ING DISTRICT, UTAH IN RIDGE, J.D. GRATON - SALES VOLUME AIME NEW YORK, 1043-1073.
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.
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.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DESCRIBED BY POOLE BROS. (1898) AS GOLD (FREE AND REFRACTORY) AND SILVER PROPERTY EMPLOYING 10 MEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870S |
| Deposit | FOUR SEPARATE TRENDS. NATIVE SILVER NOT UNCOMMON |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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