Peace Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088807
MRDS ID M058771
Record type Site
Current site name Peace Mine
Related records 10055115

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.87525, 37.38415 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 5,400 FEET N 79 W FROM QUAIL SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstrike(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 039S 018W 21 NE OF SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result A CHIP-CHANNEL SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED BY LEE PERRY OF THE UGMS IN 1979 WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: .88 PPM AU, 1.0 PPM AG, 120 PPM AS, 3 PPM SB, 450 PPB HG, 12 PPM CU, 1 PPM MO, 30 PPM PB, 90 PPM ZN. A SECOND SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED BY HARRY MESSENGER IN 1983 WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: .1 PPM AU, .3 PPM AG .7 PPM AS, 1 PPM SB, 220 PPB HG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Redwall Limestone
    Rock description Redwall Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.87525, 37.38415

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sevier Overthrust Belt, Detachment And Denudation Faults.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline, Upright And Tight With Axial Plane Striking N 45 E

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldstrike District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Carroll And Associates
    Home office New York City, New York
  • Type Owner
    Owner Padre Mining Co.
    Home office Bountiful Utah

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND ONE SHAFT. ONE ADIT IS CAVED, AND THE OTHER IS BACKFILLED. SHAFT IS OPEN BUT SHALLOW. LOWER ADIT MAY BE 1000 FEET LONG, BUT IS CAVED. UPPER ADIT IS 60 FEET LONG. SHAFT IS 10 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MANY ROTARY DRILL HOLES HAVE BEEN DRILLED IN THE DISTRICT IN RECENT YEARS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAIR, D.H., AND MESSENGER, H.M., 1975, UNPUBLISHED GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GOLDSTRIKE DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES.

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M., 1983, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GOLDSTRIKE DISTRICT, UGMS FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED AND IRON STAINED LIMESTONE AND ARGILLITE IN A FAULT ZONE WITH LOCALLY ABUNDANT CALCITE VEINLETS. QUARTZ FRAGMENTS, POSSIBLY FROM QUARTZ VEINS, ARE PRESENT IN THE BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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