Joseph Adit

The Joseph Adit is a zinc and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 4,419 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Joseph Adit

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Fish Springs 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: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Fish Springs Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range/Sevier Orogenic Structures Including A Ne Trending Asymmetrical Anticline

Type: L
Description: The Juab Fault Zone & Other Fractures Which Strike N 70 W & East-West

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Anglesite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Comment (Workings): DRIFTING CONNECTS WITH EARLY HARVEST #1 MINE

Comment (Development): THE JOSEPH ADIT WAS ONE OF THE LAST DEVELOPED IN THE DISTRICT AND WAS DRIVEN WITH THE INTENTIONS OF CUTTING THE WEST END OF THE UTAH-GALENA FISSURE. THE ADIT WAS ABONDONED BEFORE REACHING DESTINATION

References

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., & MCCARTHY, B.M., 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FILE RPT. #22.

Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZN DEPOSITS OF UT: USGS BULL. 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): OLIVEIRA, M.E., 1975, GEOLOGY OF FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22, PT. 1

Reference (Deposit): CHRISTENSEN, W.J., 1977, FISH SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: UNIV. OF UTAH MS THESIS

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL. 1135-B

Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 22

Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY OPEN FR #22

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE, INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

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