The Turk and Governor Prospects is a copper and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.9025, -112.10139
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Turk and Governor Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Turk and Governor Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: 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
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: New York, N.Y.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: N 35 E Bedding
Type: L
Description: East-W Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST FORK OF DRAGON CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): PRE-1900 PROSPECT
Comment (Deposit): STRATA STRIKE NORTH AND DIP E
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): ABUNDANT BARITE; CONTACT WITH STOCK LIES 2000 FT S OF SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870S
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979 GENERAL GEOGOLY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DESPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): TOWER, G.W., AND SMITH G.O., 1899, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOL III, 1897-981 PAGE 756.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSTIS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO.12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
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