East Tintic District

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001648
MRDS ID W002890
Record type District
Current site name East Tintic District
Alternate or previous names Tintic Standard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.00078, 40.24994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshen Pass(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.00078, 40.24994

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-TRENDING FOLDS, INTERSECTED BY E-W FOLDING, = THRUSTING AND LOCAL "POT HOLE" STRUCTURES
Type of structure Regional
Structure description NS FOLDING, COMPLEX FAULTING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer E. J. Raddatz
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name EAST TINTIC DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.