The Centennial Eureka is a copper and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,886 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,886 Feet (2,099 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.94611, -112.12167
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Centennial Eureka MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Centennial Eureka
Secondary: Blue Rock
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, PIPE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Beds Strike, N 5 - 10 W And Dip 70 - 80 E; Centennial Fault (N 45 E, 67 Se); California Fault (Left-Lateral, Nw, 60 - 75 Sw, 200 - 500 Ft Horiz. Displ.); E-W Fractures Dipping 68 S.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Barite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Cuprite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF DRIFTS, RAISE AND SHAFTS COVERING A SURFACE AREA OF 400 - 800 FT WIDE AND 2,800 FT LONG. THE DEEPEST SHAFT IS 2,281 FT WITH 20 LEVELS. A 2,207 FT ADIT CONNECTS WITH THIS SHAFT ON THE 525 FT LEVEL. THE MINE IS CONNECTED WITH THE OPEX AND GRAND CENTRAL ON THE SOUTH AND THE EUREKA HILL TO THE NORTH.
Comment (Production): $50,000,000 TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): PIPES HAVE A MAX DIAM OF 125 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W AND LOUGHLIN, GF, 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 197 - 202
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES. 1916-1923, 1924 - 1935
Reference (Deposit): TOWERS, GW AND SMITH GO, 1899 , GEOL AND MINING IND OF TINTIC DIST: USGS 19TH ANN. REPT., PT 3 - F, P. 724
Reference (Deposit): COOK, DR, 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12 , PL 3
Reference (Production): UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK # 12
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