Boss Tweed Adit, Shaft

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Bismuth, Lead, Silver, 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104193
MRDS ID RE00242
Record type Site
Current site name Boss Tweed Adit, Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10412, 39.92328 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position 3000 FT DUE S OF MAMMOTH 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 10S 2W 30 NE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT ON MAP BELIVED TO BE ADIT. SILVER SPAR WORKINGS INCLUDED IN DESCRIPTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization Sililcification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fish Haven Dolomit;Opohonga;
    Rock description Fish Haven Dolomit;Opohonga;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10412, 39.92328

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Metamorphism

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER SPAR MAY REFER TO BARITE, IS SEPARATE VEIN OR LODE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Tintic District District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND WINZES BY 1900. SILVER SPAR ADITS, PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT 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.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP. F5> TOWER, G.W., AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME 3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A HIGHLY MINERALIZED HILLSIDE THAT FAILED TO YIELD MAJOR ORE BODIES. POSSIBLY A FRINGE EFFECT FROM MAJOR CHANNELS TO EAST AND WEST.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references