Meteor 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 10179123
MRDS ID DC13180
MAS/MILS ID 0490230184
Record type Site
Current site name Meteor Mine
Related records 10098070

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.45053, 39.85664 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
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

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011 S 014 W 17 NESWSE Utah

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.45053, 39.85664

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1976 PERRY LI AND MCCARTHY BM LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH UTAH

  • Deposit

    GEOL AND MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT NO 22

  • Deposit

    1963 HEYL AV OXIDIZED ZN DEP OF UT USGS BULL 1135-B

  • Deposit

    1975 OLIVEIRA ME GEOL OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DIST BYU

  • Deposit

    GEOL STUD V22 PT1

  • Deposit

    1977 CHRISTENSEN WJ FISH SPRINGS MINING DIST UNIV OF UTAH

  • Deposit

    MS THESIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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