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Eureka Lilly Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Manganese, Arsenic
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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. 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 10020836
MRDS ID DC14069
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Lilly Mine
Alternate or previous names East Tintic Development Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06885, 39.95273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1831
Relative position 3330 FT N 83 E OF BIG 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 16 NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, W. OF TINTIC STANDARD MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Enargite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Teutonic Limestone;Tintic Quartzite
    Rock description Teutonic Limestone;Tintic Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06885, 39.95273
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Flat, Local Anticline Or Dome
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Pebble Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 70.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Thrust Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • TINTIC STANDARD THRUST FAULT CUT AT 1400 FT BY SHAFT, REPEATS QUARTZITE; N55A IS MONZONITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tintic Standard Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
    Home office Greenwich, Conn.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 483.72M
    Overall length 18288M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5145 FT OF SHAFTS, 3875 FT OF ADITS; INCLINED WINZES AND RAISES

Comments on development

  • PART OF KENNECOTT EAST TINTIC LEASE

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

    JAMES, L.P., 1982, METALLIC ORES RELATED TO OVERTHRUST FAULTS, NORTHERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION GUIDEBOOK, PUBLICATION 10, P. 91-100.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LILLEY OF THE WEST SHAFT, 200 FT WSW OF EUREKA LILLY, WAS FIRST ORE PRODUCER IN EAST TINTIC, 1899 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit LOCALIZED AT THRUST-FISSURE INTERSECTIONS
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890S

Reporter information

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

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