| Deposit ID | 10055182 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00244 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lucky Shepard Mine |
| Related records | 10130047 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.54247, 39.83578 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | LOCATED IN THE ALISON KNOLLS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Desert Mountain Pass(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 011S | 006W | 29 | SW OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite; | ||||
| Rock description | Quartz Monzonite; | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Lake Bonneville Formation |
| Rock description | Lake Bonneville Formation |
| (1) | -112.54247, 39.83578 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deep Creek-Tintic District Mineral Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | North Trending Faults & Fractures |
| General form | POD-LIKE |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| District name | Desert Mountain Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 38.71M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00244 |
REES, D.C., ERICKSON, M.P., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND DIATREMES OF DESERT MOUNTAIN, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDY 42.
BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 111.
CALKINS, W.G., 1972, MAGNETIC AND GRAVITY STUDY OF DESERT MOUNTAIN, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 95.
EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEO. AND MIN. SUR.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | H.J. HASSELL VISITED THE MINE IN THE 1930'S AND OBSERVED LEAD-SILVER ORE IN PLACE. AFTER WWII HE REVISITED THE MINE AND THE ORE WAS GONE, INDICATING SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1980 | Everts, Mike L. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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