The Central Standard Shaft is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.97778, -112.06222
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Central Standard Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Central Standard Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sunshine Mining Co.
Owner Name: Central Standard Consolidated Mines Co.,
Home Office: Box 90, Salt Lake City, Utah
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1969
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne
Type: L
Description: Minor Nne Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT, GOOD DRILL INTERCEPTS FROM SURFACE ALONG HOMANSVILLE FAULT
Comment (Workings): ABANDONED BECAUSE OF BAD GROUND 1922, 600 LEVEL EXTENDS SE
Comment (Geology): IMPORTANCE OF MIOCENE INTRUSION NOT ESTABLISHED.
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT; HARD TO COMPLETE DRILL HOLES IN MINERALIZED GROUND.
Comment (Location): N SIDE PINYON CREEK
Comment (Development): CONSOLIDATION OF COPPER LEAF (DEPOSIT NUMBER 144) AND CENTRAL STANDARD
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 TINBTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5> CENTRAL STANDARD CONSOLIDATEE MINES ANNUAL REPORTS, 1972-1982.
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