American Star

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102078
MRDS ID DC12524
Record type Site
Current site name American Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11579, 39.95023 (WGS84)
Elevation 2019
Relative position SE OF CHIEF NO. 1 SHAFT

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 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF CHIEF NO. 1 MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11579, 39.95023

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS ORE ZONE, N-S STRIKE, UP TO 120 FT WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. AND MIN. YEARBOOK 1922-1955.

  • Deposit

    COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, HT, 1964 , GEOL OF EUREKA QUAD: USGS BULL 1142 - K, PL 1

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-09-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF THE CHIEF NO. 1 DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.