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Crystal Mine

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015220
MRDS ID DB00519
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mine
Related records 10227543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30828, 38.35136 (WGS84)
Elevation 2667
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUTTER LAKE ALONG COTTONWOOD CREEK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COTTONWOOD CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delano Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 004W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Conglomerate;Navajo Sandstone
    Rock description Conglomerate;Navajo Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30828, 38.35136
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mt. Baldy Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE IN ONE ADIT, ONE SHAFT, AND SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 44

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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

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