The Snowflake Shaft is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,621 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,621 Feet (2,018 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.94861, -112.11778
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Snowflake Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowflake Shaft
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: 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: Sharon Steel Corp.
Home Office: Miami, Fl.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: L
Description: Steep To Overturned Bedding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NO INFORMATION FOUND
Comment (Location): SOUTH SLOPE OF EUREKA PEAK, NORTH WEST OF EAGLE AND BLUEBELL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Geology): LIES JUST SOUTH OF MAJOR EAST - NORTHEAST FAULT SWARM IN EUREKA VALLEY
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): SHAFT IS SHOWN PROMINENTLY ON MAPS OF TOWER (1900)
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880S
References
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): TOWER, G.W., JR., 1900, TINTIC SPECIAL FOLIO, U.S. GEOL. SURV. GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., FOLIO 65.
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.
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