Shoebridge Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10103864
MRDS ID M058570
Record type Site
Current site name Shoebridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Shoebridge - Bonanza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09746, 39.89467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 2300 FT S 80 E OF TREASURE HILL

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 011S 002W 05 NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • GULOH ON NE SIDE OF HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Laguna Springs Latite;Sunrise Peak Stock
    Rock description Laguna Springs Latite;Sunrise Peak Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09746, 39.89467

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Fractures
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS LIE ON SOUTHERLY PROJECTION OF EAST TINTIC ORE RUNS TO NORTH, CUT VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Tmtic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN IMPORTANT EARLY DAY PRODUCER IN THIS END OF DISTRICT. GLORY HOLE STOPE 150 FT N OF SHAFT. 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT 600 FT PLUS.

Comments on development

  • 15 STAMP MILL WITH FURNACE LAY 6 MI SW OF DIAMOND, 1875. LATER PRODUCTION SMALL

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

    WEIR, T., 1922, UNPUBLISHED REPORT IN WRITER'S FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE DATA

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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