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Govenor

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103838
MRDS ID M057565
Record type Site
Current site name Govenor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10273, 39.92051 (WGS84)
Elevation 2156
Relative position 0.75 MILE SOUTH 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 30 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed Limestone

Analytical data

Result AVG.: 11 OZ AG, 3.9 % C

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10273, 39.92051
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Strike N - S, Dip 30 E

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

Comments on the workings information

  • A 200 FT SHAFT WITH DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOWER, G. W. AND SMITH, G. O., 1899 , GEOL & MINING IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, PT 3 - F, P. 756

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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