Spaghetti Shaft

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012099
MRDS ID D007470
Record type Site
Current site name Spaghetti Shaft
Alternate or previous names Singleton Adit
Related records 10130147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.94501, 39.69855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES NW OF PARTOUN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Partoun(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 019W 12 SW OF NW OF SW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic, Sericitic, Kaolinitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Alluvium;;;Johnson Pass Formation
    Rock description Alluvium;;;Johnson Pass Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.94501, 39.69855

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trout Creek/Singleton Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Or Laurence Raulins

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL PROSPECT PIT, 2 SHAFTS, AND 1 ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 MIN. TOPO SERIES, INDIAN FARM CREEK, 1972

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99

  • Deposit

    1977 COMPILE UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY RI #117

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) BENDIX

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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