Eureka Standard Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102086
MRDS ID DC12856
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Standard Mine
Alternate or previous names Tintic Bonanza Mining Co, Montana Mining Co
Related records 10154844

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06051, 39.94328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786
Relative position 2300 FT S 44 E OF MINERAL HILL

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 010S 002W 22 SW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HILLS EAST OF EUREKA TOWNSITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite;Monzonite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite;Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Shale
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06051, 39.94328

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Standard Thrust, Eureka Standard Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • FIRST SUCCESSFUL MINING OF TINTIC QUARTZITE ORES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Discoverer J.M. Snow, Geologist, Tintic Standard Mining Co

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
    Home office Greenwich, Conn.

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD DECREASED WITH DEPTH; MORRIS GIVES DETAIL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 396.24M
    Overall length 15888.61M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, RAISES, WINZES. DEEPER WORK PREVENTED BY HOT WATER

Comments on development

  • BASED ON PROJECTION FROM TINTIC STANDARD MINE AND PROPERTY ORGANIZED BY JESSE KNIGHT. LIMESTONE ORE FOUND 1938.

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

    GARDNER, E.D., 1935, MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT EUREKA STANDARD MINE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. IC-6851, PAGE 2.

  • Production

    MORRIS, 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A RICH GOLD MINE DESPITE SMALL SIZE; FIFTH LARGEST IN THE U.S. IN 1932. LATER AG-PB DISCOVERY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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