Herkimer Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042159
MRDS ID M058529
Record type Site
Current site name Herkimer Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11357, 39.93717 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 2300 FT S 62 W OF EUREKA PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(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 24 NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • MAMMOTH GULCH AREA NORTH OF MAMMOTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Herkimer Limestone
    Rock description Herkimer Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11357, 39.93717

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER
  • General form OTHER

Comments on the geologic information

  • OPEN FISSURES STAINED WITH IRON, LOCAL QUARTZ GROWTHS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT SHAFT, CROSSCUT TO EAST INTO DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING CEASED IN EARLY 1900S

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., 1900, TINTIC SPECIAL FOLIO, U.S. GEOL. SURV. GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S. FOLIO 65.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PROSPECT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references