Mine detail: Provo Shaft

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.95328, -112.06857
dep_id: 10020081
mrds_id: DC12522
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Lead
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Unknown, Wong, George (Morris, H.T.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Latite
Structure: Eureka Lily Fault , Provo Fissure.
Year first produced: 1910
disc_yr: 1909
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM MIN. YEARBOOK 1938, P. 442.
  • Deposit:: COOK, D. R., 1957 , GEOL OF E TINTIC MTNS AND ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK #12 , PL 3
  • Deposit:: MORRIS, H. T., 1964 , GEOL OF THE EUREKA QUAD: USGS BULL 1142 - K, PL. 1
  • Deposit:: MORRIS,H.T. & LOVERING,T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 1024, P. 164-165.
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