| Deposit ID | 10042180 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058560 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Southwest Tintic |
| Alternate or previous names | Golden Treasure Mine, Tintic Copper King Prospect, Treasure Hill Shaft |
| Included sites | Treasure Hill |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.10301, 39.89856 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1966 |
| Relative position | 1100 FT NE OF TREASURE HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(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)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 011S | 002W | 06 | SE OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 53 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 17 |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 4 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Sunrise Peak Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
| Rock unit name | Diamond Gulch | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||
| Rock type qualifier | quartz-biotite latite crystal tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| Rock type qualifier | andesite-latite agglomerate-tuff | ||||
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| (1) | -112.10301, 39.89856 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Faults and Fractures |
| Structure description | Fractures |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure name | intersection of several regional trends |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 W |
| Dip | 30 |
| Depth to top | 304.8M |
| Depth to bottom | 609.6M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | New York, N.Y. |
| Type | Joint Venture |
|---|---|
| Owner | Quaterra Resources Inc |
| Interest | 30 |
| Home office | 1199 West Georgia Street\nSuite 1100\nVancouver BC V6E 3T5 \nCanada |
| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Joint Venture Partner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Inc |
| Interest | 70 |
| Year | 2009 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 360000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remarks | Krahulec and Briggs, 2006 as reported in Quaterra May 29, 2009 press release available at sedar.com. Cu cutoff grade 0.3%. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 85.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058560 |
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.
Krahulec, K.A., 1996, Geology and geochemistry of the SWT porphyry copper system, Tintic mining district, Juab County, Utah, in Green, S.M., and Struhsaker, E., eds, Geology and ore deposits of the American Cordillera: Field Trip Guidebook Compendium
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.
Keith, J. D., and others, 1991, The volcanic history and magmatic sulfide mineralogy of latites of the central East Tintic Mountainss, Utah: in Geology and Ore Deposits of the Great Basin Symp. Proceedings, v. 1 p. 461-483.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
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.
TOWER, G.H., JR., AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, PAGE 764.
BULTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOW ANGLE VEINS ARE MORE COMMON IN THIS AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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