Rockwell Shaft

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium, Zinc, Manganese, Lead
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011398
MRDS ID D006193
Record type Site
Current site name Rockwell Shaft
Alternate or previous names Orin Porter Rockwell
Related records 10300272

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.64692, 39.75495 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF RIVERBED RES. #2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Erickson Wash SW(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 007W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Some Barite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Intrusives, & Flows
    Rock description Intrusives, & Flows
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.64692, 39.75495

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Joint System N 5 W

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 99.06M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Set Of Joints & Shears That Strike N 5 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BEST ORE IS ON THE 325 LEVEL WHERE ORE RUNS 5% CU, 8 OZ AG/TON, 0.170% U3O8.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Desert Mtn Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS. THE MAIN SHAFT IS INCLINED 60 DEG. W. THE MAIN SHAFT HAS 2 LEVELS AT 135 FT & 325 FT. THE 135 LEVEL HAS 400 FT OF WORKINGS & 2 STOPES; 325 LEVEL HAS 60 FT DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920, DESERT MTN., IN BUTLER, B.S., & OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P. & WHELAN, J.A. 1973, GEOLOGY & DIATREMES OF DESERT MTN; UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #42

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS # 42

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOPHYS UT. GEOL. & MIN SURVEY BULL. 95

  • Production

    REES, 1973, GEOLOGY & DIATREMES OF DESERT MTN., UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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