La Plata

Past Producer in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, 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 10203281
MAS/MILS ID 0490050003
Record type Site
Current site name La Plata
Alternate or previous names Sunrise, Sundown, Silver King, Lead King, Yellow Jacket

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.6794, 41.44493 (WGS84)
Elevation 2147
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sharp Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008 N 002 E 11 SESENE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.6794, 41.44493

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 30HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paradise Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reed Bullen Of Logan Utah (172 East 1st North, 84321)
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 500M
    Overall depth 50M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    Number of Inclines 1
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    3rd Condition of Workings PLUGGED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH GMS BULL. 76 BY K.C. BULLOCKPAGE 21 (1966)

  • Deposit

    PRO. PAPER 111 (USGS) BY B.S. BUTLER P. 218 (1920)

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MIN. REV, JUN 15, 1906, P 24; AUG 30, 1902, P 18;

  • Deposit

    DEC 30, 1902, P 43-44; AUG 30, 1904, P 21; NOV 15, 1906,

  • Deposit

    JUN 15, 1911, P 20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.

External references