| Deposit ID | 10020087 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12535 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Grand Central Mine |
| Related records | 10275923 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11551, 39.93689 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2158 |
| Relative position | 1500 FT SIZE OF EUREKA PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 19 | NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Opohonga Limestone;A Jax Dolomite | ||
| Rock description | Opohonga Limestone;A Jax Dolomite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -112.11551, 39.93689 |
|---|
| Strike | N 15 W TO N 30 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 |
| Plunge | 90 |
| Depth to top | 3.05M |
| Depth to bottom | 762M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1872 |
| Year of last production | 1960 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Walter Morgan |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. Steele Mcintyre |
| Home office | Eureka, Ut. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1609.3M |
| Overall depth | 731.52M |
| Overall length | 3218.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12535 |
TOWER G.W. AND SMITH, G.O. 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME III
LINDGREN W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F. 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107
MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN RIDGE, J.D., EDITOR, GRATON SALES VOLUME A.I.M.E.
GRAND CENTRAL MINING CO. VS. MAMMOTH MINING CO., LEGAL BRIEF IN PACIFIC REPORTER VOLUME 83, PAGE 648.
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FAULTED CONTINUATION OF MAMMOTH ORE WAS MINED AT DEPTH |
| Deposit | PRODUCED 27,000 TONS OF ORE IN 1916 AND SIMILAR TONNAGES UNTIL 1940. MOST ORE WAS SHIPPED AS SMELTER FLUX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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