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Boss Tweed Mine

Prospect in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020097
MRDS ID DC12557
Record type Site
Current site name Boss Tweed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10385, 39.92328 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 0.65 MILES SOUTH OF MAMMOTH PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 30 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Complete Oxidation To A Depth Of 100 Ft

Analytical data

Result 1919: 5 - 40 % BI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10385, 39.92328
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture System Trending N-S And N 35 E

Ore body information

  • Strike N - NE
    Dip 85 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOWER, GW, AND SMITH, GO, 1899 , GEOL & MINING IND. OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN. REPT., PT 3 - F, P. 754 - 5

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 149

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-07-1958

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.

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