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Tintic Bower Group

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Calcium
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087714
MRDS ID D008721
Record type Site
Current site name Tintic Bower Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0344, 40.05439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1589
Relative position 6600 FT. S 60 E OF CHIMNEY ROCK PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allens Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 002W 03 SE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO MAJOR WORKING IN GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone Equivalents
    Rock description Madison Limestone Equivalents
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0344, 40.05439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.022HA
    Overall length 20M
    Overall width 11.89M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT HAS ABOUT 1500 FT OF WORKINGS; NW PROSPECT IS 22 YD BY 10 YD BY 12 FT DEEP ALONG AN ARAGONITE VEIN; SW PROSPECT IS 18 FT BY 15FT BY 12 FT DEEP PIT IN IRON STAINED ALLUVIUM; WEST CENTRAL PROSPECT IS A 10 FT ADIT IN LIMESTONE AND SHALE ALONG A IRON STAINED ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGY OF THE SELMA HILLS, UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 45.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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