Tintic Davis Shaft

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088768
MRDS ID M058512
Record type Site
Current site name Tintic Davis Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10079, 39.99801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1847
Relative position 8800 FT N 78 W OF PINYON PEAK

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)

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 32 NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF TINTIC DAVIS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Great Blue Limestone;Humbug Formation
    Rock description Great Blue Limestone;Humbug Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10079, 39.99801

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHAFT APPARENTLY PENETRATED HUMBUG QUARTZITE BELOW LIMESTONE. SHALY BEDS ALSO ON DUMP. N 30 A IS CHIULOS MEMBER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer John Davis, Prospector

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner T. D. Mining Co.
    First year 1929
  • Type Owner
    Owner Spenst M. Hansen
    Home office Eureka, Ut.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • DATA AS OF 1926 WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE DRAINAGE LEVEL FROM NORTH OF SHAFT WAS BEGUN

Comments on development

  • HANSEN IS CLAIM HOLDER BY LOCATION, 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: 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 MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JULY 15, 1929, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1910S
Deposit MO ORE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED BY THIS PROSPECT. LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN (1919) STATE SHAFT WAS SUNK ON 18 IN. VEIN OF FE-MN OXIDES WITH TRACE OF AU.
Deposit A SMALL STOCK COMPANY CONDUCTED THIS EXPLORATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references