Double Standard Shaft, Adit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090105
MRDS ID W026954
Record type Site
Current site name Double Standard Shaft, Adit
Related records 10130287

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.24736, 38.53888 (WGS84)
Elevation 3377
Relative position APPROX. 1.05 MILES WEST OF MT WAAS, 2.2 MILES NORTH WEST OF MANNS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Waas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 024E 14 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Hedenbergite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.24736, 38.53888

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northeast Fracture System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern La Sal Mtns, Miners Basin

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE WORKINGS CAVED, NO ESTIMATE MADE ON RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF A SHAFT 40' DEEP & AND ADIT 50' LONG. BOTH WORKINGS ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON HUNT, C.B. PROFESSIONAL PAPER #294-I

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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