West Swansea Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155185
MRDS ID D008344
MAS/MILS ID 0490230326
Record type Site
Current site name West Swansea Mine
Related records 10012618

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.13579, 39.91555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010 S 003 W 36 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.13579, 39.91555

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH GEOL SOC 1957 GEOL OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS GUIDEBOOK TO THE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO 12 183 P

  • Deposit

    USGS 1954 TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD 7.5 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references