The St. Louis Group is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.94972, -112.13333
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St. Louis Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Louis 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: Replacement
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: R
Description: Wasatch Hingeline
Type: L
Description: Tintic Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT UNSURVEYED
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SUBSURFACE BRINE
Comment (Deposit): UNDERLIES MUCH OF QUADRANGEL, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE ARE EXPECTED.
Comment (Workings): SOUTHERNMOST TWO PROSPECTS ON MAP NOT LOCATABLE. N PROSPEC IS A SHAFT WITH APPROX. 100 FT: OF WORKINGS, E PROSPECT IS COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT LONG, WEST PROSPECT IS COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY, 100 FT LONG, S PROSPECT IS 6 FT LONG ADIT
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 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-L.
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