Volcano Ridge West Prospects

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10042141
MRDS ID M058486
Record type Site
Current site name Volcano Ridge West Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11718, 39.85217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1932
Relative position 9,300 FT S 55 W OF SUNRISE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 002W 19 NW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Latite Of Copperopolis Canyon (Lower Agglomerate Member)
    Rock description Latite Of Copperopolis Canyon (Lower Agglomerate Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Probably Within Tintic Mountain Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults To West And Northwest

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 42 E
    Dip 82 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.69HA
    Length 445.01M
    Overall length 165M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE SHAFTS TOTALING ABOUT 360 FT, FOUR ADITS TOTALING ABOUT 1100 FT, ORE PIT 165 YD BY 50 YD AND TWO 8 FT. DIAMETER PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-883

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYSTALLINE TO SUGARY QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING IRREGULAR PODS OF OXIDIZED ORE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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