| Deposit ID | 10055174 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00218 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sunbeam Mine and Vein |
| Alternate or previous names | Elmer Ray, United Sunbeam |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11273, 39.90939 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1981 |
| Relative position | 5000 FT N 26 W OF TREASURE HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(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)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 2W | 31 | SE OF NW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Silver City Stock;Laguna Springs Latite Tuff And Agglomerate; | ||||
| Rock description | Silver City Stock;Laguna Springs Latite Tuff And Agglomerate; | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.11273, 39.90939 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northeast Veining |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Split Just South Of Sunbeam Shaft |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 5 E TO N 45 E |
| Dip | 80 |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| Discoverer | George Rust, W.T., Harris, J. Hyde, All Of Goshen, Ut |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Year of last production | 1937 |
| District name | Tintic District District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Leasers Dump Shipments To Silver City Furnaces |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kearns Tribune Corp. |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Ut |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Overall depth | 149.35M |
| Overall length | 3218.6M |
| Overall width | 2.13M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00218 |
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.
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.
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 DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS WAS EARLIEST DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | IRON PYRITE WAS MINED AS FLUX AT ELEMER RAY IN 1880'S FOR MATTING FURNACES AT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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