Keystone Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042154
MRDS ID M058524
Record type Site
Current site name Keystone Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1294, 39.95217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1958
Relative position 7900 FT. DUE SOUTH OF PACKARD PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 003W 13 SW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ESTABLISHED APPROXIMATELY FROM MAP IN TOWER AND SMITH, 1898 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bluebell Dolomite
    Rock description Bluebell Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tintic Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North - Trending Ore Channel
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicification Adjacent To Gemini Ore Channel

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS STRIKE N, DIP STEEPLY EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1900

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Same As Bullion Beck Mine?

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD PROSPECT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • EVIDENTLY THIS PROPERTY YIELDED LITTLE TO NO ORE; WAS KNOWN AS KEYSTONE - GEMINI IN 1900. MAY BE ACCESS TO GEMINI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

  • Deposit

    TOWER, G.W., JR., AND SMITH, G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY, TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH; U.S. GEOL. SURV. ANNUAL REPORT NO. 19, VOL. 3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONG SILICIFIED ZONE WAS PROSPECTED
Deposit NO DATA ON PRODUCTION; PROXIMITY SUGGESTS IT LIES ON GEMINI ZONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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