Nevada Tunnel Shaft

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  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 10095627
MRDS ID M058617
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Tunnel Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08523, 39.92078 (WGS84)
Elevation 2082
Relative position 6600 FT S 53 E OF MAMMOTH 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 002W 29 SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF RUBY CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Latite Ridge Latite Welded Tuff
    Rock description Latite Ridge Latite Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.08523, 39.92078

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL PEDDLEDIKE TO SOUTHEAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner South Standard Mining Co.
    Home office Salt Lake, City Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT; NO DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PROSPECT; NO DATA
Deposit A PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 18905?

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.