| Deposit ID | 10094820 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12848 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Phoenix Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11107, 39.92717 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2217 |
| Relative position | 2700 FT S 45 W OF MAMMOTH PEAK |
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 | 010S | 002W | 30 | SE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Silver City Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Silver City Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Cole Canyon Dolomite |
| Rock description | Cole Canyon Dolomite |
| (1) | -112.11107, 39.92717 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET OTHER GOSSAN |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 152.4M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Empire Mines Co. And Leasers |
| Home office | Provo, Ut. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co., North Lily Mining Co. (Subsidiary) |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 609.6M |
| Overall length | 3218.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12848 |
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.
HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S. PART 2, PAGE 1376, U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1135 B.
HARRIS, B.K., 1966, THE TOWNS OF TINTIC, SAGE BOOKS.
SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, FEBRUARY 28, 1915, SALT LAKE CITY.
MCINTYRE, E.S., PERSONAL INTERVIEW, OCTOBER 1983.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ADIT LEVEL CUTS PB-AG FISSURE 650 FT FROM PORTAL AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO SOME POTENTIAL AREAS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM |
| Deposit | HEYL, 1963, DESCRIBES OXIDE-ZINC ORE, 3 FISSURE VEINS EXPLORED |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S? |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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