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Santaquin King Workings

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021073
MRDS ID DC14838
Record type Site
Current site name Santaquin King Workings
Alternate or previous names Deanna Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77634, 39.88023 (WGS84)
Elevation 2542
Relative position 5,220 FT. N78W OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 001E 01 SE OF SE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Gardner Dolomite
    Rock description Gardner Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77634, 39.88023
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHAFTS ARE PROBABLY IN THE CAMBRIAN OPEX DOLOMITE AND THE AJAX FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Nebo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Melvin J. Young (Deanna Three Claim)
    First year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT IS PROBABLY THE SANTAQUIN KING REPORTED BY BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, P. 332, HOWEVER HE REPORTS THE LENGTH AS 80 FT. THE ADIT IS PRESENTLY 550 FEET LONG. THE TWO SHAFTS ARE SMALL INCLINED SHAFTS ALONG FAULT PLANES. THE PROSPECT IS 20 FT BY 8 FT OPEN CUT 2 FT. DEEP ALONG A CALCITE VEIN IN LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS. PROF. PA. 111.

  • Deposit

    FOUTZ, D.R., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE WASH CANYON, AREA, SOUTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS, UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 7, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1962, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 9, PT. 1.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A ZONE OF CALCITE VEINLETS TRENDING EAST TO SOUTHEAST IN BROKEN LIMESTONE ALONG THE FOOTWALL SIDE OF A FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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