Tennesee Rebel Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088771
MRDS ID M058531
Record type Site
Current site name Tennesee Rebel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1219, 39.93217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1995
Relative position 3400 FT. S 25 W OF EUREKA PEAK

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 010S 003W 25 NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SLOPE OF EUREKA RIDGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bluebird Dolomite
    Rock description Bluebird Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1219, 39.93217

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER
  • General form OTHER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • A PROSPECT SHAFT WITH EAST-WEST CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC 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 MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

  • Deposit

    TOWER, G.W., JR., 1900, TINTIC SPECIAL FOLIO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S. FOLIO 65.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880S
Deposit NO DEPOSIT WAS FOUND
Deposit WORKINGS FAILED TO DISCOVER ORE RUN OR CHANNEL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references