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Lead Hill

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015403
MRDS ID DB01003
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.81133, 38.9344 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 1500 FEET NORTH NORTHEAST OF SALINA CANYON DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(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 Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 001E 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Strontium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Celestite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Twist Gulch Member Of Arapien Shale
    Rock description Twist Gulch Member Of Arapien Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.81133, 38.9344
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Plateau
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults And Local Folds

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip N 10 DEG W
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 500M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Sands

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salina Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 7 ADITS AND 2 PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976 , LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH 1976 : UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPT. #22 , P. 345 - 348

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 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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