1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Centennial Eureka

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Vanadium, Uranium, Zinc
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102097
MRDS ID DC14049
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial Eureka
Alternate or previous names Blue Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12246, 39.94606 (WGS84)
Elevation 2099
Relative position SE OF EUREKA CITY

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 24 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12246, 39.94606
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Strike, N 5 - 10 W And Dip 70 - 80 E; Centennial Fault (N 45 E, 67 Se); California Fault (Left-Lateral, Nw, 60 - 75 Sw, 200 - 500 Ft Horiz. Displ.); E-W Fractures Dipping 68 S.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, PIPE
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 548.64M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northerly And Easterly Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1876 - 1935

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $50,000,000 TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 32186M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF DRIFTS, RAISE AND SHAFTS COVERING A SURFACE AREA OF 400 - 800 FT WIDE AND 2,800 FT LONG. THE DEEPEST SHAFT IS 2,281 FT WITH 20 LEVELS. A 2,207 FT ADIT CONNECTS WITH THIS SHAFT ON THE 525 FT LEVEL. THE MINE IS CONNECTED WITH THE OPEX AND GRAND CENTRAL ON THE SOUTH AND THE EUREKA HILL TO THE NORTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 197 - 202

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1923, 1924 - 1935

  • Deposit

    TOWERS, GW AND SMITH GO, 1899 , GEOL AND MINING IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN. REPT., PT 3 - F, P. 724

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIPES HAVE A MAX DIAM OF 125 FT.

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

Maps centered on this site