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Johnson Canyon Properties

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Manganese
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087661
MRDS ID D008500
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Canyon Properties

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02807, 39.78133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 5 MI. SOUTH OF GOSHUTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weaver Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S;012S 019W;019W 32;08 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS UP TO FOUR OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON WITH A TRACE OF GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Alkali-Granite (Alaskite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kanosh Shale;Eureka Qtz.;Undiff.;Pogonip Group
    Rock description Kanosh Shale;Eureka Qtz.;Undiff.;Pogonip Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deep Creek West Flank Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Johnson Canyon Syncline And Extensive Thrusting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer S.S. Worthington
Year of first production 1917

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1917 BY THE GASH BROTHERS OF IBAPAH. IT ASSAYED 24 DOLLARS PER TON SILVER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 381M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF FIVE ADITS, SIX SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: THOMPSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS, DEEP CREEK MTNS., TOOELE CO.: UGMS

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, K.C., 1973. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS., TOOELE AND JUAB CO.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV

  • Production

    THOMPSON, K.C., 1973. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL 99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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