Copper Leaf Shaft

Occurrence in Utah 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095625
MRDS ID M058603
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Leaf Shaft
Related records 10155326

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0619, 39.97106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 5400 FT. S50E OF LIME PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(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)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 10 SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard And Pinyon Queen Quartz Latites;Silver Shield Quartz Latite; Monzonite Intrusions
    Rock description Packard And Pinyon Queen Quartz Latites;Silver Shield Quartz Latite; Monzonite Intrusions
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Ophir Formation;Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Ophir Formation;Tintic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Maxfield Limestone and Ophir Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne And Nw Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor N Ne Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • IMPORTANCE OF MIOCENE INTRUSION NOT ESTABLISHED K1 IS UNVERIFIED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kennecott Copper Corp., Division Of Soltio Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Central Standard Mining Co.
    Home office Salt Lake, City Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 374.9M
    Overall length 670.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 500, 1000, 1200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MORGENSEN, A.P., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT
Deposit PROSPECT; GASES ENCOUNTERED BELOW 900 LEVEL, ALSO INCREASED ALTERATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 5 PERS COMM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references