The Porphyry Flat Prospects is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.96667, -112.12667
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Porphyry Flat Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Porphyry Flat Prospects
Secondary: North Beck Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Main Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: South Working Is On The Paxman Fault, Tintic Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL THIN VEINS FILLED WITH JASPEROID, WHITE QUARTZ AND CALCITE
Comment (Commodity): BLACK JASPEROID
Comment (Workings): NORTH WORKING IS 100 FT ADIT, WEST CENTRAL WORKING IS 50 FT ADIT, EAST CENTRAL WORKING IS 30 FT DEEP SHAFT, SOUTH WORKING IS 50 FT ADIT. ONLY NORTH ADIT AND SHAFT ARE STILL ACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. 107.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-
Reference (Production): MORRIS, H.T., 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUAD.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-6.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., (ED), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12.
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