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Yellowstone Mine

Past Producer in Millard 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021083
MRDS ID DC14880
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowstone Mine
Related records 10252022

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.22385, 39.48467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fool Creek Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delta(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

Fishlake 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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 003W 30 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MI. SE OF LEAMINGTON IN YELLOWSTONE CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result 1920 ORE ASSAY 30 - 65 % PB, 5 - 6 OZ AG

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.22385, 39.48467
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Limestone Dips 60 W. Fissures Strike North - South And East - West.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Leamington District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1903 - 1906 TOTAL 350 TONS OF LEAD ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE AN INCLINE SHAFT 200 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTS AT THE 50 , 100 , AND 170 FT LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , P. 422

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-26-1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS ALONG FISSURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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