| Deposit ID | 10042220 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058610 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Shield Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Independence Mining Co |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.03357, 39.97134 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1743 |
| Relative position | 12,900 FT S 48 E OF PINYON PEAK |
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 | 02 | NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE OF ALTERED QUARTZITE - .02 PPM AU, 290 PPM A5. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||
| Rock unit name | Packard Quartz Latite;Silver Shield Dike | ||
| Rock description | Packard Quartz Latite;Silver Shield Dike | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.03357, 39.97134 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fractures, Anticline |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1928 |
| Discoverer | Silver Shield Mining And Milling Co. H.S. Joseph |
| Year of last production | 1931 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Silver Shield Mining And Milling Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Minerals Co., Division Of Sohio Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Overall depth | 381M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058610 |
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.
MINES REGISTER, 1937, MINES REGISTER CO., N.Y., PG. 864-865.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TINTIC THERMAL AREA; THRUST FAULTS ARE PRESENT BENEATH VOLCANICS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | 688 FT TO SEDIMENTS UNDER VOLCANIC. OLD MAPS SHOW LOW GRADE ORE N AND NE OF SHAFT, IN LIMESTONE, ON 900 LEVEL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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