Porphyry Flat Prospects

The Porphyry Flat Prospects is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Porphyry Flat Prospects
Secondary: North Beck 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: Vein
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: L
Description: South Working Is On The Paxman Fault, Tintic Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL THIN VEINS FILLED WITH JASPEROID, WHITE QUARTZ AND CALCITE

Comment (Commodity): BLACK JASPEROID

Comment (Workings): NORTH WORKING IS 100 FT ADIT, WEST CENTRAL WORKING IS 50 FT ADIT, EAST CENTRAL WORKING IS 30 FT DEEP SHAFT, SOUTH WORKING IS 50 FT ADIT. ONLY NORTH ADIT AND SHAFT ARE STILL ACCESSIBLE

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. 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. 1142-6.

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.

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