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Aetna Mine

Past Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011030
MRDS ID D005198
Record type Site
Current site name Aetna Mine
Alternate or previous names Etna Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.03776, 37.88275 (WGS84)
Elevation 1990
Relative position 5600 FEET SOUTH OF GOLD SPRINGS TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 033S 020W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.03776, 37.88275
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG W
    Length 609.6M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Springs

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 53.34M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN SHAFT, 2 LEVELS & CONNECTING STOPES. SURFACE WORKING CONSIST OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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