Amazon Mine

Past Producer in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226941
MRDS ID DC13389
MAS/MILS ID 0490050005
Record type Site
Current site name Amazon Mine
Related records 10020502

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.5016, 41.94803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2297
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tony Grove Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014 N 042 E 21 NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.5016, 41.94803

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 30HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    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

Mining district

District name Swan Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 250M
    Overall depth 15M
    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
    Number of Shafts 2
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 150
    Number of Adits 4
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    3rd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH GMS BULL. 1135-B BY HEYL PAGE 41 (1963)

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW JUNE 15, 1906 P. 24 AND DEC. 15, 190

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 470 BY R.W. RICHARDS PAGE 177-187 (1911)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER (ARGENTIFEROUS) ORE ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references