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West Morning Glory Shaft

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055169
MRDS ID RE00210
Record type Site
Current site name West Morning Glory Shaft
Alternate or previous names Weir Estate
Related records 10042181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10662, 39.88745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 2800 FT S 7 W OF TREASURE HILL

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 11S 2W 07 NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10662, 39.88745
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Fractures
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Ne Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 90
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRONG VEIN SYSTEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer H.W. Lawrence ?

Mining district

District name Tintic District District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Estate Of Thomas Weir

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT IN BAD CONDITION

Comments on development

  • EARLY DAY PRODUCER ACCORDING TO BUTLER. DEVELOPED IN 1898 BY HENRY W. LAWRENCE.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST ORE BELOW 300 FT., PROBABLY ENRICHED
Deposit AN EARLY DAY OPERATOR ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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