Helen Adits

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042213
MRDS ID M058599
Record type Site
Current site name Helen Adits
Related records 10055164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06773, 39.97384 (WGS84)
Elevation 1868
Relative position 2700 FT S 42 E OF LIME PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 09 NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, ADJACENT TO WHITE STAR, TIP TOP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Clay Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HEMATITIC PYROLUSITE WAS SHPPED TO STEEL PLANT

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Herkimer Limestone
    Rock description Herkimer Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06773, 39.97384

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Chief Consolidated Co?

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Steele Brothers
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office New York, Ny.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW ADITS, CUTS

Comments on development

  • A PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920S

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.