Eureka Comstock Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10042148
MRDS ID M058514
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Comstock Prospects
Alternate or previous names North Colorado Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09135, 39.98912 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 7300 FT. S 75 W OF PINYON PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 05 NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NO. SIDE OF GULCH. EAST OF TINTIC DAVIS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Goethite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result TRACES GOLD AND SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone
    Rock description Deseret Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09135, 39.98912

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER
    Strike NE
    Dip 90
  • General form OTHER
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME WORKINGS ON NE FAULT ZON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS, ONE 50 FT DEEP. SHAFT IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF OTHER WORKINGS IS NORTH COLORADO SHAFT

Comments on development

  • COMPANY INCORPORATED 1911

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTING APPARENTLY FAILED TO FIND ORE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit NO SIGNIFICANT ORE APPARENTLY WAS FOUND
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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