Trephine Prospect

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055175
MRDS ID RE00219
Record type Site
Current site name Trephine Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11635, 39.89189 (WGS84)
Elevation 1896
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3400FT. S 75 W OF TREASURE HILL, Ass

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 06 SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SMALL KNOLL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pervasive Yo Depth

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sunrise Peak Stock;
    Rock description Sunrise Peak Stock;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11635, 39.89189

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGURLAR
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • FORMERLY COMBINED WITH REPUBLIC OPERATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Tintic District District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT

Comments on development

  • REFER ALSO TO DRILL HOLE, DEPOSIT NUMBER 146

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870S
Deposit VERY NARROW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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