| Deposit ID | 10042205 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058590 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Hill Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.07801, 39.95384 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1960 |
| Relative position | 1050 FT N 40 E OF BIG HILL |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 16 | NW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite |
| Rock unit name | Packard Quartz Latite |
| Rock description | Packard Quartz Latite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Herkimer Limestone;Teutonic Limestone |
| Rock description | Herkimer Limestone;Teutonic Limestone |
| (1) | -112.07801, 39.95384 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Discoverer | John Bestlemyre |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | North Lily Mining Co. |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Ut. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co, Subsidiary Of Atlantic Richfield Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Overall depth | 591.31M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058590 |
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. GEOLOCICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO ORE FOUND |
| Deposit | A PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1890S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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