Tiptop Prospect

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Lead, Silver, Clay
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042211
MRDS ID M058597
Record type Site
Current site name Tiptop Prospect
Alternate or previous names Adits
Related records 10021343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07107, 39.97439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1923
Relative position 2700 FT S 32 E OF LIME PEAK

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 09 NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY, ABOVE CLIFFS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Clay Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Herkimer Limestone
    Rock description Herkimer Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.07107, 39.97439

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North Striking Fault,

Ore body information

  • Length 15.24M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ROADS, CUTS, ADITS

Comments on development

  • COOK LISTS NO PRODUCTION CHIEF ANNUAL REPORT 1950 LISTS HOMANSVILLE MN LEASE WITH SMALL PRODUCTION

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 DISRICTS: 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PROSPECT. POTENTIAL FOR MINOR CLAY PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920S?

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references