Washington Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101621
MRDS ID D005792
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Mine
Related records 10275738

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2997, 38.45857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027S 013W 15 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Chlorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphic, Wallastonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite;Olig Volcanics
    Rock description Granodiorite;Olig Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2997, 38.45857

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80W
    Dip 20S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Frisco

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tintic And Cobre Mining Cos.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 500 FT INCLINED S 60 DEG W AT 55 DEG RAISES, WINZES, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS & PITS. INCLINE FOLLOWS DIP OF BEDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., AND MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN - FILE REPORT NO. 22

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L. AND KRUPICKA, D.C., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON BUTLER, B.S. PP #80

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, BS PP #111

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOMAP MORRIS, HT, PRE G MAP FRISCO QUAD

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLINE SHAFT SUNK IN WALLASTONITE THAT IS WHITE & VERY PRISMATIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references