The Showers Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,539 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,539 Feet (1,993 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.89083, -112.09306
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Showers Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Showers Mine
Secondary: Bowers and Showers
Secondary: Shower Consolidated
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1919-
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.15 Oz Au, 10.5 Oz Ag 0.4% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1871
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: North Fractures
Type: L
Description: Nne Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 15 TO 50 OZ AG, 15 TO 40% PB, 0.03 OZ AU
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): SHAFTS FOLLOW VEIN TINTIC MINING AND SMELTING CO. ACTIVITIES 1872 DISCUSSED BY RAYMOND P. 257
Comment (Deposit): PYRITIZED MONZONITE IN VICINITY OXIDATION TO 200 FT.
Comment (Workings): INCLINES ON VEIN, SUBSTANTIAL SLOPES. REPORT (1922) SAYS 300 TO 400 FT DEEP
Comment (Deposit): AN EARLY DAY OPERATOR ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): DUMP ORE. EARLIER PRODUCTION HIGH GRADE PB AG ORE
Comment (Geology): STRONG VEIN SYSTEM
Comment (Location): EAST SLOPE OF TREASURE HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS 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.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): WEIR, T., 1922, REPORT ON WEIR CONSOLIDATED MINES: UNPUBLISHED PRIVATE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1873, MINES AND MATERIAL RESOURCES WEST OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 1872 REPORT TO U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Reference (Production): WEIR REPORT, 1922.
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