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Leeds & Leeds No. 2 Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities 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. 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 10021264
MRDS ID DC15411
Record type Site
Current site name Leeds & Leeds No. 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37441, 37.24804 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTRAL PART OF WHITE REEF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 014W 01 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE LEEDS MINE CONTAIN 0.005 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LEEDS SANDSTONE IS WHITE AND FINE - GRAIN AND GRADES LATERALLY INTO A SANDSTONE CONTAINING ABUNDANT CLAY BALLS. SOUTH END OF THE LEEDS MINE IS A LENS OF SANDSTONE WITH MALACHITE REPLACEMENTS OF FOSSIL PLANTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harrisburg District

Comments on the workings information

  • THE LEEDS NO. 2 MINE HAS ABOUT 300 FT OF WORKINGS IN TWO SHAFTS. THE LEEDS MINE HAS A 150 FT ADIT AND A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P. D., 1953 , GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER REEF MINING DIST: UGMS BULL 44 , P. 144

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1919

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE ORE ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Wong, George U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Tooker, Ed U.S. Geological Survey

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