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Unknown Shafts

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011394
MRDS ID D006187
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Shafts

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.46527, 39.85994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF GALENA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 014W 18,17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lost Sheep Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite
    Rock description Lost Sheep Dolomite;Bell Hill Dolomite;Harrisite Dolomite;Fish Haven Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.46527, 39.85994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Folding & Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Trending Utah Galena Ore Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 5 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL. 1035-B

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BYU GEOL. STUDIES V. 22

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY SS #22

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

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

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