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Stormont

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055117
MRDS ID RE00085
Record type Site
Current site name Stormont
Alternate or previous names Emilyjane, Emilyjane-Stormont
Related records 10228354

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.38108, 37.23581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 3600 FEET SOUTHWEST OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisburg Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 014W 12 NE OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALCOCITE OCCURS AS NODULES LESS THAN .5 INCHES ACROSS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ORE CONTAINED 20-25 OPT AG, WITH A MAX. OF 100 OPT

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.38108, 37.23581
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding And Plant Remains

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN A FINE-GRAINED, WHITE TO GRAY SANDSTONE JUST BELOW THE TECUMSEH-LEEDS SANDSTONE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Silver Reef District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner 5m Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, PAUL, D., 1953, THE GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT: UGMS BULL. 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC. NUMBER B10 <DC15448>

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Perry, Lee, I. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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