Eureka Standard Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154844
MRDS ID DC12856
MAS/MILS ID 0490490026
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Standard Mine
Related records 10102086

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.05889, 39.94325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1758
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 010 S 002 W 22 SWSENW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Argentite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calaverite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hessite Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Krennerite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Proustite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Sylvanite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.05889, 39.94325

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 90S
    Thickness 36M
    Length 180M
    Width 180M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 320M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N60E:90S
    Minimum Depth to Top 180
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADDITIONAL MINERAL FOR PAGE A8: LUZONITE - A SULFOSALT ORE TONNAGES DETERMINED BY FIELD EVALUATOR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1928

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 19200M
    Overall depth 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. CHEMICAL COATING
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK #12,(1957),P.P. 120-121

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH MR. HAL MORRIS (U.S.G.S.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references