Amazon Mine

Past Producer in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020502
MRDS ID DC13389
Record type Site
Current site name Amazon Mine
Related records 10226941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50219, 41.94743 (WGS84)
Elevation 2298
Relative position 16300 FT SE OF BEAVER MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tony Grove Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014N 004E 21 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bloomington Formation
    Rock description Bloomington Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.50219, 41.94743

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris - Willard Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Axis Of Bear River Range Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Local Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1950-1951

Mining district

District name Swan Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 7.32M
    Overall width 2.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF TWO SHAFTS, ONE ADIT AND TWO PROSPECTS, ADIT NOW PARTIALLY COLLAPSED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B. T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L. I., AND MCCARTHY, B. M., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY OFR-22.

  • Deposit

    HEYL,A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 164-168.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B. T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURV.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references