Drill Holes North of Burgin

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067302
MRDS ID W000002
Record type Site
Current site name Drill Holes North of Burgin
Alternate or previous names Kennecott Holes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04218, 39.96578 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position 6700 FT N 50 TO N 55 E OF DIVIDEND

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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 11 NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF HIGHWAY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04218, 39.96578

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Nne Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRESUMABLY HOLES HIT SEDIMENTS AT DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1978
Discoverer Kennecott Copper Corp

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kennecott Copper Corp Division Of Soltio Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals, Division Of Soltio Petroleum

Comments on the workings information

  • DIAMOND DRILL HOLES -2 OR MORE- TO 1500 FEET OR MORE

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CORE DRILL HOLELS
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
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Spanski, Gregory T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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