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St. Joe

Prospect in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020906
MRDS ID DC14248
Record type Site
Current site name St. Joe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12941, 40.50966 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 1.5 MILE SE OF COPPER PIT CENTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bingham Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003W 36 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS UNDER DUMPS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result 1905 : 26 % PB, 12 OZ AG, 0.04 OZ AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12941, 40.50966
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TRANSVERSE FRACTURES CUT PORPHYRY AND BRECCIA ZONE AND THE BRECCIA CARRY A MOIST MATERIAL LIKE MUD WHICH CONTAINS THE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bingham District

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1,200 FT ADIT IN A N 65 W DIRECTION WITH CROSSCUTS INTO A NW FISSURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT. ALSO LISTED IN SEC. 31, T3S, R2W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Mc Coy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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