Joseph Adit

Prospect in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130102
MRDS ID D006190
MAS/MILS ID 0490230079
Record type Site
Current site name Joseph Adit
Related records 10094372

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.47163, 39.85884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1547
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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 011 S 014 W 18 NWSE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.47163, 39.85884

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 40S
    Thickness 0.1M
    Length 10M
    Width 60M
    Area 16.2HA
    Depth to top 60M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N60W:40S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16.1999
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office 550 California Street, San Francisco, CA
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE TONNAGE DETERMINED BY FIELD EVALUATOR

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 455M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 455
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FROM A-3, UTAH INTERNATIONAL INC.550 CALIF. ST. SAN FRAN., C

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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