Silver Shield Shaft

The Silver Shield Shaft is a lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,719 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Shield Shaft
Secondary: Independence Mining Co

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
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: Kennecott Minerals Co., Division Of Sohio Co.

Owner Name: Silver Shield Mining And Milling Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1931
Discovery Year: 1928
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

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures, Anticline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization Of Volcanics

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE OF ALTERED QUARTZITE - .02 PPM AU, 290 PPM A5.

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 688 FT TO SEDIMENTS UNDER VOLCANIC. OLD MAPS SHOW LOW GRADE ORE N AND NE OF SHAFT, IN LIMESTONE, ON 900 LEVEL

Comment (Workings): SHAFT COMPLETED JULY 1930; HEAVY, HOT (?) WATER BELOW 1200 FT. 900 LEVEL GOES E, N, W. 1937 REPORT SHOWS 1350 FT SHAFT, AND DIAMOND DRILLING BY TINTIC STANDARD CO.

Comment (Geology): MORRIS (1979) PAGE 147 DISCUSSES GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION (THRUSTS?).

Comment (Deposit): TINTIC THERMAL AREA; THRUST FAULTS ARE PRESENT BENEATH VOLCANICS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): IN GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Development): A PROSPECT, DEEPENED BY SILVER SHIELD CO. AFTER THEIR SUCCESS AT BINGHAM.

References

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): MINES REGISTER, 1937, MINES REGISTER CO., N.Y., PG. 864-865.

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.

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