Helen Adit

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. 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 10055164
MRDS ID RE00199
Record type Site
Current site name Helen Adit
Related records 10042213

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 10S 2W 9 NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, ADJACENT TO WHITE STAR, TIP TOP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Clay Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HEMATITIC, PYROLUSITE WAS SHIPPED TO STEEL PLANT

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • 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 > 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 0M
  • General form IRREGULAR

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 District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Steele Brothers Lessees
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co., New York N. Y.

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

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5> LOVERING, T.S. AND SHEPARD, A.O., 1960, ALTERATION ON HELEN CLAIM, TINTIC DISTRICT DISTRICT, IN SWINEFORD, A., CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS, V.8, NATIONAL CONFERENCE P. 193-220.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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