The Singleton Canyon Area is a silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.69778, -113.94556
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Singleton Canyon Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Singleton Canyon Area
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Spring Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Bedrock Strikes N 60 - 65 W, Dip 55 - 65 Ne. Breccia Zone - 100 Ft Wide, 1,000 Ft Long, N 60 - 80 W, 80 N. A N-S Fault Cuts The Breccia Zone.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Altered Schist Contains Limonite, Sericite, Kaolinite.
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1973 ASSAY: HIGH VALUES OF 0.06 OZ AU, 3.6 OZ AG, 1.3 % CU PER TON
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CU, MN, AND FE OCCUR AS STAINS.
Comment (Workings): 23 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS, ONE ADIT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Geology): VEINS OCCUR IN QUARTZITE AND SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K. C., 1973 , MIN DEP OF DEEP CREEK MTN: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 99 , P. 57
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