| Deposit ID | 10088774 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058561 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little May Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Matson Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.10107, 39.90106 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1929 |
| Relative position | 2100 FT N 40 E OF TREASURE HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eureka(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 011S | 002W | 06 | NE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Enargite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.10107, 39.90106 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | 80 |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Depth to top | 7.92M |
| Depth to bottom | 79.25M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1920 |
| Discoverer | John M. Matson |
| Year of first production | 1923 |
| Year of last production | 1929 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 79.25M |
| Overall width | 1.83M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058561 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
NEALE, W.G., 1927, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVII, P. 1500; MINES HANDBOOK CO. NEW YORK.
WESTERN MINERAL SURVEY, SALT LAKE CITY, 1920'S, VARIOUS ISSUES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A PROSPECT |
| Deposit | A PROSPECT FUNDED BY STOCK SALES AND CLOSED IN FAVOR OF OTHERS WHEN ORE PROVED SMALL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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