North Lily Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Bismuth
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020080
MRDS ID DC12521
Record type Site
Current site name North Lily Mine
Related records 10155082

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07107, 39.95884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Relative position 0.7 MI NW OF DIVIDEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINING TINTIC STANDARD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Country Rocks Adjacent To The Igneous Intrusives Are Highly Argillized And Pyritized.

Analytical data

Result 1910 - 1950 , AVERAGE OF 0.4 OZ AU, 9.5 OZ AG, 0.3 % CU, 13.6 % PB, 0.6 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.07107, 39.95884

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Striking Monzonite Dikes; Ne Fissures; Tintic Standard Thrust Fault, Eureka Lily Fault

Ore body information

  • General form CROSS-SHAPED
    Length 243.84M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 272.8M
    Depth to bottom 364.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Bodies Are Localized At The Intersection Of The North Lily Fissure And The Middle Ophir Limestone And At The Intersection Of The Endline Dike Fissure And The Middle Ophir Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer North Lily Mining Co.
Production years 1910 - 1950

Mining district

District name East Tintic District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Co.

Comments on the production information

  • OUT OF 375,000 TONS OF ORE, 194,000 TONS IS LEAD - SILVER ORE, 35,000 TONS OF LEAD - ZINC ORE, AND 146,000 TONS OF SILICEOUS GOLD - COPPER AND GOLD - SILVER ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16093.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE NORTH LILY SHAFT-1858 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 700, 900, 1000, 1200, 1350, AND 1500 FT. THE LEVEL NUMBER SYSTEM IS THE SAME USED FOR THE TINTIC STANDARD MINE. ACTUAL DEPTH IS 295 FT PLUS THE LEVEL NUMBER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLOSED 1949
Deposit THE SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATA IS OF THE REPLACEMENT BODIES. THE FISSURE VEIN ARE VERTICALLY BELOW THE REPLACEMENT BODIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references