Central Standard Shaft

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095905
MRDS ID RE00238
Record type Site
Current site name Central Standard Shaft
Related records 10179644

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06301, 39.97773 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 6000 FT S 13 E OF PINYON PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 2W 03 SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE PINYON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard And Pinyon Queen Quartz Latites;Silver Shield Quartz Latite (Lie 1.5 Mi. E);
    Rock description Packard And Pinyon Queen Quartz Latites;Silver Shield Quartz Latite (Lie 1.5 Mi. E);
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Tintic District Quartzute;
    Rock description Tintic District Quartzute;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06301, 39.97773

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Nne Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Altered Broken Ground

Comments on the geologic information

  • IMPORTANCE OF MIOCENE INTRUSION NOT ESTABLISHED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Kennecott Copper Corp

Mining district

District name Tintic District District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Central Standard Consolidated Mines Co.,
    Home office Box 90, Salt Lake City, Utah

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 192.02M
    Overall length 240.79M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED BECAUSE OF BAD GROUND 1922, 600 LEVEL EXTENDS SE

Comments on development

  • CONSOLIDATION OF COPPER LEAF (DEPOSIT NUMBER 144) AND CENTRAL STANDARD

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 DISTRICT: 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 TINBTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5> CENTRAL STANDARD CONSOLIDATEE MINES ANNUAL REPORTS, 1972-1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT; HARD TO COMPLETE DRILL HOLES IN MINERALIZED GROUND.
Deposit PROSPECT, GOOD DRILL INTERCEPTS FROM SURFACE ALONG HOMANSVILLE FAULT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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External references