| 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: | -112.09385, 39.89078 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1993 |
| Relative position | 3700 FT S 70 E OF TREASURE HILL |
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 | 0011S | 002W | 05 | SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Enargite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 15 TO 50 OZ AG, 15 TO 40% PB, 0.03 OZ AU |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||
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| (1) | -112.09385, 39.89078 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | North Fractures |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nne Fissures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | 85 |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1871 |
| District name | Tintic District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1919- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.15 Oz Au, 10.5 Oz Ag 0.4% Cu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Overall length | 914.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058568 |
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.
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.
WEIR, T., 1922, REPORT ON WEIR CONSOLIDATED MINES: UNPUBLISHED PRIVATE REPORT.
RAYMOND, R.W., 1873, MINES AND MATERIAL RESOURCES WEST OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 1872 REPORT TO U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
WEIR REPORT, 1922.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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