| Deposit ID | 10055146 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00161 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tintic District Standard Mine Number 1 |
| Alternate or previous names | Tintic District Standard Mine, Original Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.06496, 39.95162 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 4100 FT DUE EAST OF BIG HILL |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 10S | 2W | 16 | NE OF SE OF SE OF SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Cerussite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Dikes Plugs; | ||||
| Rock description | Dikes Plugs; | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Ophr;Tintic District Quartzite; |
| Rock description | Ophr;Tintic District Quartzite; |
| (1) | -112.06496, 39.95162 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust And Structural Trough |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults (From Collapse During Oxidation) |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 W |
| Dip | 50 |
| Plunge direction | S 35 W |
| Depth to top | 304.8M |
| Depth to bottom | 475.49M |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Discoverer | E. J. Raddatz |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Year of last production | 1970 |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Copper Corp. |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc. |
| Home office | Greenwich, Ct |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 487.68M |
| Overall length | 70104M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00161 |
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA GUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, K1-K29.
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP. F5>BRACKENBURY, R., 1936, E.J. RADDUTZ, 1857-1933: DESETE NEWS PRESS, 40 P. F6> WADE, J.W., 1930, MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD MINE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6360, 21 P. F7> LINDGREN,W., 1933, MINERAL DEPOSITS, THIRD EDITING, NEW YORK, MCGRAW HILL, PP. 588.
MORRIS, 1979
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS YIELDED VAST BULK OF PRODUCTION |
| Deposit | STRUGGLE TO FINE ORE FOR 10 YEARS WAS SUCCESSFUL. MOST ORE OXIDIZED AND REQUIRED SMELTING TO RECOVER METALS. LEACHING PLANT GAVE POOR RECOVERIES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1981 | James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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