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Eureka Hill Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042157
MRDS ID M058526
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12329, 39.94995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1972
Relative position 3100 FT N 26 W OF EUREKA PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 13 SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • IN GULCH ON NORTH SLOPE OF EUREKA RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result COPPER STOPES 2% CU, .25 OZ AU, 15 OZ AG, AT SOUTHERN END. LOW ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ajax Dolomite; Opex Formation
    Rock description Ajax Dolomite;Opex Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12329, 39.94995
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North-South
Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Faulting, Steep Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER ELONGATE, PODS
    Strike N 12 W
    Dip 87 W
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 463.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Long Fissures Sub Parallel To Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • WHITE "CREAMY LIME" OR EMERALD MEMBER OF AJAX AND SMALL CAVES SEEM TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lessees
    First year 1911
    Last year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co. - Controlling Interest?
    Home office New York, Ny.

Comments on the production information

  • $10,000,000.00 TO $15,000,000.00 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION TO 1917. GRADES FROM COPPER HANDBOOK, P. 65. CU-GRADE 1.4% PB-GRADE 6% AG-GRADE 25 OZ/TON AU-GRADE .15 OZ/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 17702.3M
    Overall depth 463.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 15 LEVELS

Comments on development

  • LARGE OLD STOPES WERE MINED FROM SURFACE. DUMPS WERE SHIPPED AT TIMES. ARMED DEFENSE AGAINST CLAIM JUMPERS REQUIRED IN 1870'S.

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

    STEVENS, H.J., 1908, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.H., U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 107.

  • Deposit

    HARRIS, B.K., 1961, THE TOWNS OF TINTIC, SAGEBOOKS, DENVER, PG 57-59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILES OF WORKINGS ALONG GENERAL BEDDING TREND. THESE CONTINUE SOUTH INTO CENTENNIAL EUREKA STOPES.
Deposit IS A CONTINUATION OF BULLION BECK MINE, AND ONE OF OLDEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE IN MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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