La Plata Claims

Past Producer in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, 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. Materials information
  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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087291
MRDS ID D006134
Record type Site
Current site name La Plata Claims
Alternate or previous names Sundown, Sunrise, Silver King, Lead King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67941, 41.44465 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 11700 FT E OF SHARP MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sharp Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 002E 11 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bloomington Formation;Blacksmith Formation;Ute Formation
    Rock description Bloomington Formation;Blacksmith Formation;Ute Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67941, 41.44465

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 24 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paradise

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reed Bullen

Production statistics

  • Year 1892
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^76 Percent Pb, 10 Oz. Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 282g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 76wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS, TWO SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS ALL NOW COLLAPSED OR FLOODED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAPELLE, J.C., 1976, MINERALIZATION OF THE BEAR RIVER RANGE: UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY OFR-22.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Production

    CHAPELLE, J.C., 1976, MINERALIZATION OF THE BEAR RIVER RANGE: UTAH STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS

  • Reserve-Resource

    CHAPELLE, J.C., 1976, MINERALIZATION IN THE BEAR RIVER RANGE: UTAH STATE UNIV. M.S. THESIS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references