Mountain View Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020088
MRDS ID DC12536
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mine
Related records 10155248

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10051, 39.94717 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF KNIGHTVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 17,18,19,20 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • E. OF EUREKA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10051, 39.94717

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mine Is Located On The West Limb Of The Tintic Syncline. Beds Strike Almost N - S And Dip 50 - 80 E.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. RES. 1924-1958

  • Deposit

    COOK, D. R., 1957 , GEOL OF THE E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #12 , P. 69 , PL 3

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H. T., 1964 , GEOL OF THE EUREKA QUAD: USGS BULL 1142 - K, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-26-1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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