Santaquin King

Occurrence in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Lead
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095568
MRDS ID M057588
Record type Site
Current site name Santaquin King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7755, 39.88023 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF WASH CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santaquin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nephi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 001E 12 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.7755, 39.88023

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE IS DENSE BLACK AND CHERTY. IT INCLUDES A DARK CARBONACEOUS BED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Nebo District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 80 FT LONG ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K. C., 1962 , ECONOMIC GEOL OF NORTH-CENTRAL UTAH: BYU GEOL STUD VOL 9 , PT 1 , P. 88

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B. S. AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111 , P. 332

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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