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Jones Shaft

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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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 10041822
MRDS ID M057638
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.52467, 40.60466 (WGS84)
Elevation 2688
Relative position NORTH EDGE OF BONANZA FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 32 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.52467, 40.60466
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BLACK SHALE BED CONTAINS THIN BEDS OF FINE GRAIN DARK GREY SANDSTONE WITH CHERT NODULES AND GEODES. IT IS OVERLAIN BY 40 FT OF YELLOWISH LIGHT GREY SANDSTONE AND OVERLIES 5.9 FT OF MEDIUM GRAIN CALCAREOUS SANDSTONE AND FINE GRAIN SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blue Ledge (Park City) District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT GT 200 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: USGS PP 77 , P. 226

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR, BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS QUAD MAP GQ - 534

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A BLACK SHALE BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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