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Trixie Mine

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Barium-Barite, Bismuth, Antimony
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020461
MRDS ID DC13289
Record type Site
Current site name Trixie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06718, 39.93162 (WGS84)
Elevation 1852
Relative position 1.1 MILES SOUTH 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 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ACC. SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECT. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stromeyerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Hornblende-Augite-Biotite Monzonite Porphyry Plugs;Latite Ridge Latite
    Rock description Hornblende-Augite-Biotite Monzonite Porphyry Plugs;Latite Ridge Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Teutonic Limestone;Ophir Formation
    Rock description Teutonic Limestone;Ophir Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06718, 39.93162
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Tintic Anticline; Eureka Standard Fault; Sioux Ajax Fault; Trixie Fault (Strike N 80 E, Dip 85 N-Nw); Apex Standard Fault; Eureka Lily Fault; Fractures (Strike N 10-20 E, Dip 50-70 W); Trixie Fissure Zone (Strike N 5-40 E, Dip 70-85 W).

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W-N5E
    Dip 75 W
    Length 198.12M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 152.4M
    Depth to bottom 365.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Trixie Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Bear Creek Mining Co.
Year of first production 1969

Mining district

District name East Tintic District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office New York, Ny.

Comments on the production information

  • 2,450 TONS WAS MINED IN 1972 FOR METALLURGICAL TESTING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4373.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE TRIXIE SHAFT, 1300 FT DEEP WITH 5 MAIN RAISES, AND LEVELS AT 600, 750, 800, 850, 900, 1050, AND 1200 FT.

Comments on development

  • THE U.S. GEOL. SURV. DRILLED NINE DRILL HOLES IN 1954 AND 1955. BEAR CREEK MINING CO. DRILLED EIGHT HOLES IN 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GROUNDWATER TEMPERATURE AT THE 750 FT LEVEL IS CONSTANT AT 75 DEG F. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THE SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATA IS OF THE 756 ORE SHOOT. THE 75-85 ORE SHOOT IS 250 FT LONG, 30 FT WIDE, AND 30 FT HIGH. THE REPLACEMENT ORE BODY IS 140 FT LONG, 135 FT WIDE, AND 85 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wong, George (Morris, H.T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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