| 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: | -112.07135, 39.95801 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Relative position | 3700 FT N 45 E OF BIG HILL; 0.7 MI. NW OF DIVIDEND. |
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 | NW OF NE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 1910-1950, AVERAGE OF 0.4 OZ AU, 9.5 OZ AG, 0.3% CU, 13.6% PB,0.6% ZN |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| 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; |
| (1) | -112.07135, 39.95801 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Folding Of Thrust; Ne Striking Monzonite Dikes, Ne Fissure, Tintic District Standard Thrust Fault, Eureka Lily Fault. |
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
| District name | East Tintic District District |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | North Lily Mining Co. |
| Home office | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Year | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1927-1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.2 Oz Au, 10.4 Oz Ag, 17.7% Pb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 16093M |
| Overall depth | 426.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00178 |
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.
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.
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 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.
MORRIS 1979,P.157
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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