| Deposit ID | 10020832 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC14064 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Colorado |
| Alternate or previous names | Colorado Mining Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.09523, 39.93662 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2175 |
| Relative position | 0.3 MI EAST OF SIOUX PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Utah(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 | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 20 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calamine | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | Ajax Dolomite and Opex Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tintic Syncline |
| General form | HORIZONTAL PIPE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 762M |
| Width | 18.29M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1907 - 1957 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 4267.2M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC14064 |
LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 236 - 8 .
USGS MIN. RES. 1919-1935, 1940 - 59
HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZN DEP. OF US: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 73
COOK, D. R., 1957 , GEOL OF E. TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #12 , PL 3 .
USGS PP 107 , UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK 12
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE BODY IS A CONTINUATION OF THE BECK TUNNEL ORE BODY AND FOLLOWS THE ALMOST HORIZONTAL AXIS OF THE TINTIC SYNCLINE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1982 | Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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