| Deposit ID | 10095623 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058574 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kennecott Drill Holes |
| Alternate or previous names | Southwest Tintic Project |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11412, 39.87856 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 7200 FT. S 27 W FROM TREASURE HILL |
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)
Federal lands
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 011S | 003W;002W | 12;07;13;18 | SE (12); SW (07); E2 (13); SW (18) | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) |
| Rock unit name | Sunrise Peak Stock |
| Rock description | Sunrise Peak Stock |
| (1) | -112.11412, 39.87856 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Discoverer | Kennecott Copper Corp - Rudy Gebhart - Long Year Co |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Copper Corp. |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Ut. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | S. M. Hansen And Associates |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 914.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058574 |
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.
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.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
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.
HANSEN, S.M., PENCILED MAP OF DRILL HOLES, UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENT IN THE WRITER'S FILES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEEP HOLES BELIEVED TO BE +3000 FEET, WITH BEST MINERALIZATION AT THOSE DEPTHS AND LOW GRADE |
| Deposit | POOR OUTCROP IN MAP AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1940S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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