Tintic Davis Prospects

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012774
MRDS ID D008680
Record type Site
Current site name Tintic Davis Prospects
Alternate or previous names Tintic Davis Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09857, 40.00578 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 8400 FT. S 59 E OF BISMARK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002W 29 NW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09857, 40.00578

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tintic Davis Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 341.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT HAS APPROXIMATELY 800 FT. OF WORKINGS; ADIT NEAR THE ROAD IS STILL ACCESSIBLE AND IS ABOUT 150 FT. LONG; THE SOUTH UPPER ADIT IS ABOUT 20 FT. THE SOUTH LOWER ADIT IS ABOUT 50 FT LONG, IN BLACK SHALE AND LIMESTONE WITH CALCITE AND QUARTZ MATERIAL; THE PROSPECT NEAR THE SHAFT IS A SMALL PIT IN COLLUVIUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE SELMA HILLS, UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 45.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 12.

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP MF-45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DURING LINDGREN AND LOUGHLINS VISIT TO THIS PROPERTY THE SHAFT WAS BEING SUNK ON AN 18 INCH VEIN OF IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES WHICH ASSAY A TRACE OF GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.