Joe Bowers Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020271
MRDS ID DC12907
Record type Site
Current site name Joe Bowers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09357, 39.89356 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 3400 FT S 82 E OF TREASURE HILL

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 0011S 002W 05 NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SLOPE OF HILL, BESIDE ROAD TO DIAMOND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sunrise Peak Stock
    Rock description Sunrise Peak Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09357, 39.89356

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Fractures
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 7 W
    Dip 25

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRONG VEIN SYSTEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Same As Showers
  • Type Owner
    Owner Same As Showers, Number 91

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • SUBSTANTIAL EARLY WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • EARLY OPERATIONS BY WENDIGO MINING CO DESCRIBED BY RAYMOND, 1872, P. 256. LAST WORK BY LEASERS AND DUMP OPERATORS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN EARLY DAY OPERATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references