Uncle Sam Mine

Past Producer in Utah 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179586
MAS/MILS ID 0490490178
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Sam Mine
Alternate or previous names Humbug Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.10139, 39.94385 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010 S 002 W 19 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Ajax Dolomite and Opex Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1918 1924-1927 USGS MIN RES

  • Deposit

    1919 LINDGREN W AND LOUGHLIN GF GEOL AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC

  • Deposit

    MINING DIST USGS PROF PAPER 107 P135

  • Deposit

    1963 HEYL AV OXIDIZED ZN DEP OF UTAH USGS BULL 1135-B P73

  • Deposit

    1903 JENNY WP THE CHEM OF ORE DEPOSITION AIME TRANS VOL 33

  • Deposit

    P480

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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