1903 Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020292
MRDS ID DC12940
Record type Site
Current site name 1903 Mine
Alternate or previous names 1888 Mine, 88 Mine, 88 Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.39997, 39.82689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1838
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek(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)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 005W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2 TYPES OF ORE: QTZ-F-GALENA; QTZ-CHALCO-GALENA. A 3RD MINOR ORE IS QTZ-BA-GALENA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calamine Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism & Assoc. Minerals

Analytical data

Result 1920 ORE: TR AU, 1.3 OZ AG, 46.8% PB, 0.2% CU, 17.1% INSOL., 5.1% S, 1.2% FE, 26.1% LIME

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
    Rock description Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Laketown Dolomite (Host)
    Rock description Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites;Laketown Dolomite (Host)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.39997, 39.82689

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike E-W
    Dip S 70 DEG
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 8-11: FROM 45 TONS ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 140 FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH 145 FT OF DRIFTS ON 45 FT LEVEL, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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