The Provo Shaft is a lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,125 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,125 Feet (1,867 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 39.95333, -112.06778
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Provo Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Provo Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: East Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tintic Standard Mining Co.
Years: 1919 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1909
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Eureka Lily Fault , Provo Fissure.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Location): PART OF EUREKA LILLY CONS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS ORE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 285 FT SHAFT WITH ONE LEVEL AT THE BOTTOM.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D. R., 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #12 , PL 3
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H. T., 1964 , GEOL OF THE EUREKA QUAD: USGS BULL 1142 - K, PL. 1
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS,H.T. & LOVERING,T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 1024, P. 164-165.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1938, P. 442.
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