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Tintic Standard Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276971
MRDS ID W000015
MAS/MILS ID 0490490010
Record type Site
Current site name Tintic Standard Mine
Related records 10110216

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.05859, 39.95575 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 010 S 002 W 15 SWSWNW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Argentite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.05859, 39.95575
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 70M
    Length 550M
    Width 280M
    Area 25HA
    Depth to top 335M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N30E:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 25
    Date of Last Modification 810709

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1907
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Waste Rock
Year of first production 1918
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • ACQUISITION AND EXPLORATION COSTS WERE CONSIDERED WRITTEN OFF SINCE THEY OCCURRED MORE THAN 15 YEARS BEFORE THE YEAR OF EVALUATION. THE MINING COSTS WERE SCALED DOWN FROM THE MAYFLOWER MINE COSTS. THE BENEFICIATION COSTS WERE ESTIMATED WITH THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CES PROGRAM. CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY CORPORATED ADDRESS: 866 2ND AVE, NY, NY 10017. CHIEF CONSOL. GENERAL MINING OFC: P O BOX 270, EUREKA, UT 84628

Comments on the production information

  • CONCENTRATE RECOVERIES AND GRADES ARE SPECULATIVE. KENNECOTT MINERALS CO., OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, HAS NO PLAN TO MINE AND BENEFICIATE THE ORE; BECAUSE OF THIS NO INFORMATION RELATED TO BENEFICIATION IS AVAILABLE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 72574mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 10 wt-pct Lead Major 1976
    Silver Ag 685.7 g/mt Silver Minor 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE QUANTITY MATRIX 1 WAS MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE RESERVES REPORTED BY THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION),OPEN FILE REPORT 22. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976. USBM GRANT NO. 264-006. QUANT MATRIX 2 IS A 1993 UPDATED RESERVE ESTIMATION GIVEN BY A CONSULTANT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 79248M
    Overall depth 479M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .65
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 75
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING MAY SLOUGH
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 46.43
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    PERRY, L.I. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976. TINTIC STANDARD

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (ECONOMIC

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOLOGY SECTION). UGMS OPEN-FILE REPORT NO.22. U.S. BUREAU

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF MINES. GRANT NO. G0 264-006, 1976, PP. 502-510.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T. AND T.S. LOVERING. THE TINTIC STANDARD MINE;

  • Deposit

    GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH.

  • Deposit

    MALCOLM,B.K. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC STANDARD, NORTH

  • Deposit

    LILY AND EUREKA LILLY MINES. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    OF UTAH NO. 12, 1957, P. 103-119.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-PRESS, OCT. 24, 1925 P. 647.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: L.J. BECK (KENNECOTT MINERAL CO,

  • Deposit

    TINTIC DIVISION) AND F.AMARO (IFOC, MAS EVALUATOR).

  • Deposit

    MAY 1981.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: H.H. DOELLING (SUPERVISOR OF THE

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY) AND F. AMARO (IFOC, MAS EVALUATOR). OCT. 1980.

  • Deposit

    CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING HANDBOOK. STRAAM

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERS, INC. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT NO.

  • Deposit

    J0255026, JUNE 1979 (REVISED EDITION), 374 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-1996 Amaro, R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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