Gemini

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227172
MRDS ID DC14045
MAS/MILS ID 0490230070
Record type Site
Current site name Gemini
Related records 10102096

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.12469, 39.95325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1947
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

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 010 S 003 W 13 NENWSE Utah

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Bournonite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hemimorphite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.12469, 39.95325

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 100M
    Length 670M
    Width 550M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N10E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 120
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.,New York City
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15840M
    Overall depth 580M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REF REC 101-105, 111-115 - RESERVE ESTIMATES BASED ON COMM TIONS WITH MINERS IN AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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External references