Water Lily Shaft

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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. Ownership information
  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 10042224
MRDS ID M058615
Record type Site
Current site name Water Lily Shaft
Alternate or previous names Water Lillie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05523, 39.98495 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 4600 FT S 47 E OF PINYON 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 03 SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SLOPE N OF PINYON CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard And Pinyon Queen Quartz Latites;Silver Shield Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard And Pinyon Queen Quartz Latites;Silver Shield Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Opohonga Limestone;Cole Canyon Dolomite
    Rock description Opohonga Limestone;Cole Canyon Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.05523, 39.98495

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Nne Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • IMPORTANCE OF MIOCENE INTRUSION NOT ESTABLISHED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kennecott Copper Corp. Division Of Sottio Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Central Standard Consolidated Mines Co?/Chief Consolidated Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 447.45M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK IN RECORD TIME, 1921. REHABILITATED 1977-78 BY KENNECOTT. LOST DUE TO CAVING 9/23/80 IN GROUND NEAR COLLAR, FOLLOWING SMALL EARTH QUAKE NEAR ELBERTA. DRIFTING TERMINATED; COLLAR POURED FULL OF CONCRETE.

Comments on development

  • MAIN RECENT OBJECTIVE WAS DRILL INTERCEPTS IN CENTRAL STANDARD AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT
Deposit PROSPECT, LATER UTILIZED FOR ACCESS TO PROPOSED DRILL STATIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM

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.

External references