Swansea Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179589
MRDS ID DC14053
MAS/MILS ID 0490230063
Record type Site
Current site name Swansea Mine
Related records 10020825, 10129994

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.13269, 39.91415 (WGS84)
Elevation 1848
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

Tintic Junction(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 010 S 003 W 36 NWSENW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.13269, 39.91415

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 600M
    Width 250M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N10W:80W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1896

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Swansea Consolidated Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2200M
    Overall depth 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 5
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 60
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W + LOUGHLIN, G F, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIT

  • Deposit

    THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT. USGS PROF PAPER 107, P 254-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SWANSEA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO ADDRESS - C/O ANACONDA MIN 1849 WEST NO TEM SALT LAKE CT, UT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references