Sunbeam Mine and Vein

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -112.11273, 39.90939 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 5000 FT N 26 W OF TREASURE HILL

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 2W 31 SE OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS SUNBEAM SHAFT; MANY SMALL SHAFTS ON VEINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUNBEAM MINE, 1/6 TOTAL VEIN PRODUCED ESTIMATED $1/2 MILLION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • 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;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11273, 39.90939

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast Veining
Type of structure Local
Structure description Split Just South Of Sunbeam Shaft

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 5 E TO N 45 E
    Dip 80
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins With Splits

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leasers Dump Shipments To Silver City Furnaces
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kearns Tribune Corp.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 149.35M
    Overall length 3218.6M
    Overall width 2.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • ELMER RAY DEEP SHAFT LIES TOWARD SOUTH END; NORTHERN MOST END IS LESS DEVELOPED. STRONG WATER INFLUX STOPPED WORK AT DEPTH. APPEARS THAT ELMER RAY WORKINGS POSSIBLY WENT DEEPER.

Comments on development

  • TINTIC DISTRICT DRAIN TUNNEL WAS PLANNED TO ACCESS AT DEPTH.

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, P. 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.

General comments

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

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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