Mine detail: Northern Spy Mine

Previously called 'Carisa'

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Location: Utah County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.92939, -112.10023
dep_id: 10020095
mrds_id: DC12553
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cerargyrite, Copper
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Argillization
conc_proc: Weathering
ore_ctrl: North-South Fracture
Reporter: James, Laurence P.
hrock_unit: Deseret Limestone;Pinyon Peak; Victoria
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Sioux A Tap Fault Zone, Caves
yr_lst_prd: 1925
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
  • Deposit:: COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
  • Deposit:: TOWER, G.W., JR., AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME III, 1897-1898.
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