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Sunrise Canyon Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088760
MRDS ID M058473
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Canyon Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09912, 39.85884 (WGS84)
Elevation 2091
Relative position 5,400 FT N 70 W OF BUCKHORN MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 002W 20 NW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite Porphyry Of Sunrise Peak Stock;Latite Of Copperopolis Canyon (Tuff Member)
    Rock description Monzonite Porphyry Of Sunrise Peak Stock;Latite Of Copperopolis Canyon (Tuff Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Within Tintic Mtn. Caldera

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 Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.071HA
    Length 199.64M
    Overall length 54.86M
    Overall width 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • NORTH ADIT IS A SHORT COLLAPSED ADIT; SOUTH ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. LONG WITH SOME STOPING; CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A WESTWARD TRENDING ADIT WITH SEVERAL DRIFTS WHICH CROSSCUT THE VEIN AND PROBABLY CONNECT WITH THE SHAFT, 405 FT. OF TOTAL WORKINGS; INCLINED SHAFT IS COLLAPSED BUT HAD APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. OF WORKINGS; SOUTH PROSPECT IS 180 FT. BY 45 FT. BY 2 FT. DEEP CUT IN COLLUVIUM

Comments on development

  • ONE DRILL HOLE NOTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PART OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYSTALLINE AND SUGARY-TEXTURED QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING IRREGULAR SHOOTS OF OXIDIZED ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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