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Trinity Mine

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088364
MRDS ID DB01898
Record type Site
Current site name Trinity Mine
Related records 10129980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25967, 38.5158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marysvale Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 004W 20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal, Chloritic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.25967, 38.5158
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Red Hills Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting, Fracturing

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Quartzite Xenolith And Monzonite Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Durkee Mining Districts

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 381M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, ONE OPEN AND ONE CAVED 50 FT. FROM PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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