North Lily Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenic
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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055153
MRDS ID RE00178
Record type Site
Current site name North Lily Mine
Alternate or previous names Wicklow, International Smelting Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07135, 39.95801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 3700 FT N 45 E OF BIG HILL; 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 10S 2W 16 NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, IN CANYON; ADJOINING TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER COMMODITIES PRESENT: ZN; BA; BI. ORE MATERIALS AT THE MINE ARE: GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRITIC GOLD ORE, GOLD-ENARGITE ORE, ANGLESITE, CURUSSITE, SMITHSONITE, HEMIMORPHITE, PEARCITE, TENNANTITE, BISMUTHINITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Country Rocks Adjacent To The Igneous Intrus 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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Packeard Quartz Latite;North Lily Intrusive Center;
    Rock description Packeard Quartz Latite;North Lily Intrusive Center;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ophir Shale;Tintic District Quartzite;
    Rock description Ophir Shale;Tintic District Quartzite;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.07135, 39.95801

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding Of Thrust; Ne Striking Monzonite Dikes, Ne Fissure, Tintic District Standard Thrust Fault, Eureka Lily Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 167.64M
    Depth to bottom 289.56M
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Braided Fracture-Thrust Intersection; Replacement Bodies Are Localized At The Intersect Of The North Lily Fissure And The Middle Ophir Limestone And At The Intersection Of The Endline Dike Fissure And The Middle Ophir Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLOSED 1949

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer Paul R. Billingsley
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name East Tintic District District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner North Lily Mining Co.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1927-1947
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.2 Oz Au, 10.4 Oz Ag, 17.7% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 18wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 294g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES HANNIBAL AND OTHER ADJACENT CLAMS WORKED FROM SHAFT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16093M
    Overall depth 426.72M

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 DISTRICT STANDARD MINE. ACTUAL DEPTH IS 295 FT PLUS THE LEVEL NUMBER.

Comments on development

  • 1974 DRILLING BY ANACONDA CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T.,AND LOVERING, T.B., 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 P.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5> SHEPARD, W. M., MORRIS, H.T., COOK, D.R., 1969, GEOL & ORE DEP. OF E. TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DIST.: UGMS BULL. 82, P. 216, 223-225.

  • Production

    MORRIS 1979,P.157

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN REPLACEMENT BODY DESCRIBED HERE-CROSS SHAPED; THE FISSURE VEIN ORE IS VERTICALLY BELOW THE REPLACEMENT BODIES.
Deposit A MAJOR GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY FOR THIS DISTRICT, CLOSED 1949: CUMMULATIVE PRODUCTION: OF ORE, 375000 TONS FROM 1927-1949; OF AG, 3554000 OZ FROM 1927-1949; OF PB, 101682000 LB FROM 1927-1949; OF ZN, 4270000 LB FROM 1927-1949; OF CU, 2482000 LB FROM 1927-1949; OF AU, 148000 OZ FROM 1927-1949: SOURCE OF PRODUCTION INFORMATION, KILDALE, 1957, UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK NO. 12; SHEPARD, MORRIS, AND COOK, 1969, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY BULL 82. 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. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

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