Joseph Adit

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094372
MRDS ID D006190
Record type Site
Current site name Joseph Adit
Related records 10130102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.47222, 39.85911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1347
Relative position LABELED ON TOPO MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 014W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Notch Peak Formation
    Rock description Notch Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.47222, 39.85911

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N 70 W & East-West

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zones Near A Concealed Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTING CONNECTS WITH EARLY HARVEST #1 MINE

Comments on development

  • THE JOSEPH ADIT WAS ONE OF THE LAST DEVELOPED IN THE DISTRICT AND WAS DRIVEN WITH THE INTENTIONS OF CUTTING THE WEST END OF THE UTAH-GALENA FISSURE. THE ADIT WAS ABONDONED BEFORE REACHING DESTINATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., & MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    OLIVEIRA, M.E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1

  • Deposit

    CHRISTENSEN, W.J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL. 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE, INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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