The Inez Shafts Prospect is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,630 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,630 Feet (1,716 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.94111, -112.03861
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Inez Shafts Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Inez Shafts Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LODE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Pyrite Alteration
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOWER SLOPE OF LATITE RIDGE
Comment (Development): A PROSPECT
Comment (Deposit): SOUGHT CONCEALED THRUST FAULT
Comment (Workings): DRILL HOLES; SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO CONCEALED INEZ FAULT
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS. H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT: 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 DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
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