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Tintic Western Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020290
MRDS ID DC12937
Record type Site
Current site name Tintic Western Mine
Alternate or previous names Desert Tungsten Mine
Related records 10227231

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40636, 39.83634 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1/2 MILE E OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek(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

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 Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 005W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism & Assoc Minerals

Analytical data

Result 1950 TRENCH SAMPLES ASSAY UP TO 1.8 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
    Rock description Intrusives, Monz, Monz Porp, Granite, Etc
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites
    Rock description Limestone, Quartzites, Shales & Dolomites
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40636, 39.83634
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposits Are Located In Veins & Carbonate Replacements Near Contact Zones Of Intrusive/Tactite

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULTS IN THE AREA STRIKE N 20-50 E, DIP 60-85 NW & SE. THE LS BEDS ARE VERTICAL. THE ORE VEIN CONSISTS OF SOFT BROWN, POROUS MATERIAL WITH CONSIDERABLE LIMONITE. ; GEOL.DESC: VEINS ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE AND TACTITE BODIES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 618.74M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE SULLIVAN SHAFT (400 FT); THE BATES SHAFT (70 FT); WITH LEVELS AT 150, 300, 400. DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS OF 85 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., 1964 , TUNGSTEN, MINERAL & WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH G & MS BULL 73 , P. 123

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S. W., 1945 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN W. TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 7 P.

  • Deposit

    5) EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014 , P. 31

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT

  • Deposit

    1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC 8014

  • Production

    HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D P 81-111

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE WAS DISSEMINATED IN SIX LIMONITE VEINS 1 - 1.5 FT THICK AND CONFINED TO A PENDANT OF LIMESTONE IN MONZONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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