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Amber Shaft

Past Producer in Piute county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088118
MRDS ID DB00690
Record type Site
Current site name Amber Shaft
Related records 10252209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09994, 38.2408 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 1/2 MI WEST SOUTHWEST OF MCCARRY SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Piute(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phonolite Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Fork 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Piute

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 029S 02W 34 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SECTION 34 T 29 S R 2 1/2 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Moderate Bleaching Along Quartz Veins

Analytical data

Result PPM: CU = 55
Result PB = 13
Result ZN = 26
Result MO = 6
Result AG = LESS THAN 1
Result AU = .08

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bullion Canyon Volcanics
    Rock description Bullion Canyon Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09994, 38.2408
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Plunge 72 DEG SW
    Plunge direction N 53 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Normal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kingston Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Mccardy
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dallas Billingsley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT FOLLOWING A FAULT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP

  • Production

    TRIMBLE, L. 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS QUARTS VEINS, UP TO 1 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1978 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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