Unknown Shaft

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087465
MRDS ID D007471
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.97195, 39.63272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 9100 FT. W. 15 DEG. S. OF PARTOUN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Partoun(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014S 019W 03 NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.97195, 39.63272

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trout Creek/Singleton Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George And Lawrence Rawlins

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SMALL PROSPECT PITS AND 1 INCLINE SHAFT FOLLOWING A RADIOACTIVE LIGNITE SEAM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 MIN. TOPO SERIES, INDIAN FARM CREEK, 1972

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 99

  • Deposit

    1977 COMPILE UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY RI #117

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOCHEM DOE GJBX-8(80) BENDIX

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY, ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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