Sacramento Shaft

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094490
MRDS ID D008346
Record type Site
Current site name Sacramento Shaft
Alternate or previous names North Beck Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13051, 39.95439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 8400 FT E. OF SNELL RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(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 13 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Opohonga Ls.;Ajax Dolomite
    Rock description Opohonga Ls.;Ajax Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Front
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Main Tintic Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F.,1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JCT. QUAD: U.S.G.S.BULL. 1142-L

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 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