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Gemini

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102096
MRDS ID DC14045
Record type Site
Current site name Gemini
Related records 10227172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12468, 39.95328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1971
Relative position WEST EDGE OF THE EUREKA TOWNSITE

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 003W 13 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Calamine Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12468, 39.95328
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Strike From N 20 W To N 8 E, Average Dip Is 78 - 82 E. Cross Fractures Strike From N 70 E To S 70 E And Dip 55 - 70 S. West Beck Fault (N 25 E, 80 E)

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES, PODS OR PIPES
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 80 E
    Thickness 9.14M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 152.4M
    Depth to bottom 579.12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-Ne Vertical Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 186 - 191

  • Deposit

    TOWER, GW AND SMITH, GO, 1899 , GEOL & MIN IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN REPT, PT 3 - F, P. 734

  • Deposit

    COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135 - B, P. 73 .

  • Deposit

    5) USGS MIN. RES. 1917 - 1923 .

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.

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