Norman Tintic Group

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012794
MRDS ID D008728
Record type Site
Current site name Norman Tintic Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05912, 40.02662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1806
Relative position 12, 750 FT N 29 E OF ALLENS RANCH

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 SE OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO MAIN WORKING IN GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone Equivalent
    Rock description Madison Limestone Equivalent
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.05912, 40.02662

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Norman Tintic Fault; N-S Trending Thrust

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 BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 237.74M
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • EIGHT ADITS AND SIX SMALL PROSPECT PITS OR CUTS, THE ADIT PRINTED ON THE TOPO. SHEET IS THE MAIN WORKING AND IS 165 YD LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RIGBY, J.K., 1952, GEOLGOY OF THE SELMA HILLS, UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 456.

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.