North Standard Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Fire Clay (Refractory), Silver, Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098493
MRDS ID M058614
Record type Site
Current site name North Standard Mine
Alternate or previous names North Standard Clay Pit
Related records 10203512

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04801, 39.99273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1801
Relative position 5400 FT DUE EAST 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002W 34 SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • GULCH N OF PINYON CREEK. SHAFT DESCRIBED, CLAY PIT LIES TO WEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Ajax Dolomite; Cole Canyon Dolomite
    Rock description Ajax Dolomite;Cole Canyon Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04801, 39.99273

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERED AREA SECOND FORMATION NAME NOT VERIFIED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Year of first production 1963

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fire Clay Pit Mined
    First year 1963
    Last year 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1100 FT SHAFT, WINZE TO 1400; 500 AND 850 FT LEVELS, CLAY PIT. HOT AND RICH IN CO2 AT DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • UNDERGROUND WORK CEASED 1932, LEASERS 1937 OPERATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • 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 MINING DISTRICT,UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

  • Deposit

    MINES REGISTER 1937, MINES REGISTER CO; N.Y. PAGE 667.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO METALLIC DEPOSIT, JUST SHOWINGS
Deposit SEPARATE COMMODITIES FROM SEPARATE MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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.

External references