Apex Standard Number 2 Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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. 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 10042209
MRDS ID M058595
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Standard Number 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05635, 39.94551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1788
Relative position 2900 FT S 75 E OF MINERAL 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 32 NE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HILLS EAST OF EUREKA TOWNSITE, NORTH SIDE SILVER PASS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Herkimer Limestone
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Herkimer Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.05635, 39.94551

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 274.32M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.
    Home office Kellogg, Id.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office New York, Ny.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 352.96M
    Overall length 3139.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT. AFTER REHABILITATION SINKING TO 1300 LEVEL IS PLANNED. PREVIOUSLY REHABILITATED IN 1960S.

Comments on development

  • CURRENTLY REHABILITATING SHAFT, PLANNING TO SINK 400 FT. AND DRIVE TOWARD TINTIC STANDARD, THEN TO BURGIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OFTHE 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

    SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SEPTEMBER 14, 1983 PAGE 10.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOT WATER ENCOUNTERED BELOW 1000 LEVEL THIS IS CENTER OF EAST TINTIC THERMAL AREA ; 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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