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Inez Shafts Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055158
MRDS ID RE00189
Record type Site
Current site name Inez Shafts Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0394, 39.94106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1716
Relative position 4400 FT N 63 E OF SOUTH APEX 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 10S 2W 14 W2 OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOWER SLOPE OF LATITE RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Pyrite Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Latite Ridge Latite Welded Tuff;
    Rock description Latite Ridge Latite Welded Tuff;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0394, 39.94106
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LODE

Comments on the geologic information

  • BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO CONCEALED INEZ FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Chief Consolidated Mining Co.

Mining district

District name Tintic District District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL HOLES; SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • A PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT: 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 DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUGHT CONCEALED THRUST FAULT

Reporter information

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

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