Frisco Summit Shaft

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087278
MRDS ID D005995
Record type Site
Current site name Frisco Summit Shaft
Related records 10203164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2597, 38.46079 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position AT FRISCO TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 013W 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4, SECTION 13.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal, Limonitic, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Volcanics-Horn Silver Andesite;Granitic Intrusives (Quartz Monz);Isom Formation (Ignimbite);Basalt
    Rock description Volcanics-Horn Silver Andesite;Granitic Intrusives (Quartz Monz);Isom Formation (Ignimbite);Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pcamb Grampian Ls;Ely Formation
    Rock description Pcamb Grampian Ls;Ely Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2597, 38.46079

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting, Folds

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Frisco

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Horn Silver Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON BUTLER, ECONOMIC GEO V 9, #5

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, USGS PP #111

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT IS CAVED AT COLLAR
Deposit THE SEQUENCE OF VOLCANICS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IN THE AREA INCLUDE (FROM TOP TO BOTTOM): QTZ LAT PORPH, QUICHAPA FM (IGNIMBRITE), BASALT FLOW, ISOM FM, HORN SILVER ANDESITE, NEEDLES RANGE FM (NOT EXPOSED), GRAMPIAN LS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.