Victoria Shaft

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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 10102080
MRDS ID DC12537
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria Shaft
Alternate or previous names Eagle Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11468, 39.94467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2094
Relative position 1700 FT N 34 E OF EUREKA PEAK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 19 SE OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION
  • IN EAGLE CANYON SOUTH OF EUREKA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result AU-0.135 OZ/TON AVERAGE
Result AU-0.218 OZ/TON IN SILICEOUS ORE
Result AG-16.34 OZ/TON AVERAGE
Result AG-13.23 OZ/TON IN SILICEOUS ORE
Result PB-14.84% AVERAGE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bluebell Dolomite
    Rock description Bluebell Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11468, 39.94467

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Cross Breaks

Ore body information

  • Plunge direction N
    Depth to top 182.88M
    Depth to bottom 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION BY LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. OXIDIZED ORE WITH BARITE AND ENARGITE PREDOMINATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sharon Steel Corp.
    Home office Miami, Fl.

Comments on the production information

  • AN UNKNOWN, BUT SMALL, AMOUNT OF PB WAS PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3218.6M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 1200 FT DEEP IN 1917, WITH WORKINGS 400 FT NORTH TO PROPERTY LINE AND 1200 FT SOUTH. BY 1926, 1450 SUB LEVEL WAS SITE OF ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOWER, G.W. AND SMITH, G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT VOLUME III, PAGE 748

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., AND LOUGHLIN, G.F. 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, P. 223

  • Deposit

    NEALE W.G., 1927, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVII, NEW YORK, THE MINES HANDBOOK CO. P. 1492

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T. 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN RIDGE, J.D., EDITOR, GRATON SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E. P. 1060

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DETAILED DESCRIPTION IN LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN, 1919. SILICEOUS GOLD-SILVER ORE PREDOMINATES.
Deposit ESTIMATED 1919 THAT PROPERTY PROBADLY PRODUCED $1 MILLION GROSS VALUE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900S

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