East Standard Prospect

Occurrence in Utah 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. Ore body information
  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 10042221
MRDS ID M058611
Record type Site
Current site name East Standard Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02773, 39.97467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1686
Relative position 12,500 FT S 60 E OF PINYON PEAK

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 02 SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT NE OF SILVER SHIELD SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite;Silver Shield Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite;Silver Shield Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.02773, 39.97467

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Nne Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • OPALIZED ALTERED VOLCANICS ONLY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner East Standard Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • LEVEL AT 500 FT

Comments on development

  • CEASED WORK AND MOVED EQUIPMENT TO MIDAS, NEVADA, 1933. MANAGEMENT SAME AS SILVER SHIELD

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

    MINES REGISTER, 1937, THE MINES REGISTER CO., N.Y.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PROSPECT
Deposit PROSPECTS ; 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

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

External references