Maple Shaft

Occurrence in Utah 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. Alteration
  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. 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 10042192
MRDS ID M058576
Record type Site
Current site name Maple Shaft
Alternate or previous names C.E. Loose Tract

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08912, 39.94606 (WGS84)
Elevation 2045
Relative position 3200 FT 5.55 W OF BIG HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 20 NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HIGH IN BURRISTON CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Opohonga Limestone
    Rock description Opohonga Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.08912, 39.94606

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXPLORED BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY TO GOOD PRODUCERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1899

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clarence Loose
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT; PROBABLE DRIFT FROM YANKEE MINT AT 2000 LEVEL

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ORE PRODUCED

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