Alaska Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090042
MRDS ID RE00208
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Prospect
Related records 10020818, 10042174

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09329, 39.91162 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Relative position 6300 FT N 28 E 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 32 NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF MOLLY GIBSON DEPOSIT 59

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Silver City Stock;
    Rock description Silver City Stock;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09329, 39.91162

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Fissure

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LODE
    Strike NE
    Dip 70

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Tintic District District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alaska Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner South Standard Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT 200 FEET DEEP IN 1898; 565 FT DEEP IN 1902 AND SINKING FOR 650 LEVEL

Comments on development

  • WORKING 20 MEN IN SHAFT, 1898. IDLE BY 1905

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. F5> TOWER AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT VOL. 3 F6> SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, DECEMBER 15, 1902, P. 30.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PROSPECT DEVELOPED BY W.H. WEBSTER OF OCONTO WIS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references