| Deposit ID | 10020274 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12912 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Homestake Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.10357, 39.89245 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1981 |
| Relative position | 1350 FT S 20 E OF TREASURE HILL |
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 | 011S | 002W | 06 | NE OF SE OF SE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Enargite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.10357, 39.89245 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | North Fractures |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N N E Fissures |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | 70 AVERAGE |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Exxon Minerals Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Thomas Weir (Estate) |
| Home office | Alameda, Ca. |
| Year | 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Pre-1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^12.2% Cu, 12.6 Oz Ag, 0.023 Oz Au | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Overall length | 152.4M |
| Overall width | 1.22M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12912 |
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.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
WEIR, T., 1922, UNPUBLISHED REPORT IN THE WRITERS FILES
WEIR REPORT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PYRITIZED MONZONITE IN VICINITY; OXIDATION TO 200 FT. |
| Deposit | AN EARLY DAY OPERATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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