Eureka Bullion Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102077
MRDS ID DC12520
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Bullion Mine
Related records 10203324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07273, 39.95495 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 0.6 MI WEST OF DIVIDEND

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 16 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1957 : 0.3 OZ AU, 8.9 OZ AG, 1.8 % CU, 0.2 % PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.07273, 39.95495

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Trending N67e, Dip Steeply N-Nw.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Tintic District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Smelting And Refining Co.
    First year 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1921-1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz/Ton Au, 8.9 Oz/Ton Ag, 1.8 % Cu, 0.2 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 251g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4686M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE EUREKA BULLION SHAFT, 632 FT DEEP WITH 626 FT OF WINZES, AND 14,116 FT OF RAISES AND LATERAL WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references