Munding Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Iron
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012622
MRDS ID D008349
Record type Site
Current site name Munding Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18301, 39.99689 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position 9700 FT NE OF ROUND KNOLL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tintic Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 003W 33 NW OF NW NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Formation
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18301, 39.99689

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Front
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tintic Prince Fault Zone And North Tintic Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 75E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along A Nne Trending Normal Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITE, GALENA AND QUARTZ REPLACING FAULT GOUGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Discoverer Orlando Munding

Mining district

District name North Tintic Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Orlando Munding

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF ORE REPORTED SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHORT COLLAPSED ADIT AND ONE SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T., BULL. 1142-

  • Production

    COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE E. TINTIC MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references