Centennial Tunnel

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Barium-Barite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014879
MRDS ID D011955
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Utah Centennial Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60134, 40.55244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2576
Relative position 6200 FT N59E FROM MILLER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 15 NE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Analytical data

Result UNKNOWN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Formation
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60134, 40.55244

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Striking Fissure

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East Striking, Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE BECOME CONSPICUOUS WHERE SHALE IS THE HOST FOR FISSURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT AND ORE PROSPECT OCCUR ON PROPERTY BESIDES THE MAIN TUNNEL, A SECOND SHORT ADIT IS MENTIONED BY B.S. BUTLER,1920. EXTENT OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN BUT PROBABLY SMALL. MAIN TUNNEL STARTED IN TINTIC QUARTZITE AND REACHES THE OPHIR SHALE

Comments on development

  • TWO ADITS, ONE MAIN ADIT, WERE DRIVEN TO INTERSECT OUTCROPPING QUARTZ VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EAST-WEST STRIKING VEIN WITH SOME PB ORE EXPOSED ON SURFACE. NO MENTION MADE OF DIMENSIONS OF VEIN OR IF VEIN WAS ENCOUNTERED BY WORKINGS. BARITE PRESENT IN VEINS WHERE THE HOST ROCK IS SHALE.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Shubat, Michael A. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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