Showers Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042186
MRDS ID M058568
Record type Site
Current site name Showers Mine
Alternate or previous names Bowers and Showers, Shower Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09385, 39.89078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1993
Relative position 3700 FT S 70 E OF TREASURE HILL

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 0011S 002W 05 SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SLOPE OF TREASURE HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Analytical data

Result 15 TO 50 OZ AG, 15 TO 40% PB, 0.03 OZ AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sunrise Peak Stock
    Rock description Sunrise Peak Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09385, 39.89078

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Fractures
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 85
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRONG VEIN SYSTEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1919-
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.15 Oz Au, 10.5 Oz Ag 0.4% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 297g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 4g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • DUMP ORE. EARLIER PRODUCTION HIGH GRADE PB AG ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINES ON VEIN, SUBSTANTIAL SLOPES. REPORT (1922) SAYS 300 TO 400 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS FOLLOW VEIN TINTIC MINING AND SMELTING CO. ACTIVITIES 1872 DISCUSSED BY RAYMOND P. 257

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

    WEIR, T., 1922, REPORT ON WEIR CONSOLIDATED MINES: UNPUBLISHED PRIVATE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1873, MINES AND MATERIAL RESOURCES WEST OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 1872 REPORT TO U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

  • Production

    WEIR REPORT, 1922.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITIZED MONZONITE IN VICINITY OXIDATION TO 200 FT.
Deposit AN EARLY DAY OPERATOR ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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