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Trixie Mine

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silica
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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 10042225
MRDS ID M058616
Record type Site
Current site name Trixie Mine
Alternate or previous names Trixie Shaft, Old Trump Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06746, 39.93134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1850
Relative position 6000 S 5 W 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 0026W 28 NE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF SILVER PASS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silica Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CAN PRODUCE 100 TO 150 T / DAY ROUTINELY; 250 ACHIEVED 1976

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Latite Ridge Latite Welded Tuff;Monzonite And Related Pebble Dikes
    Rock description Latite Ridge Latite Welded Tuff;Monzonite And Related Pebble Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Formation
    Rock description Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06746, 39.93134
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N
    Dip 90
    Depth to top 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO ORE TYPES: FISSURES AND CARBONATE REPLACEMENTS. ALL DIE OUT RAPIDLY IN EVERLYING VOLCANICS, LATE SILVER MINERAL HALO AROUND BEST ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Kennecott Copper Corp (Bear Creek Mining Co) Salt Lake City
Year of first production 1969

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hunter Mining Co.
    Home office Silver City New Mexico
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Minerals Co., Division Of Sohio Co.

Comments on the production information

  • THROUGH 1/1/76, DIRECT SHIPPING ORE, VALUED A7 $5 MILLION. PRODUCTION HAS CONTINUED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 426.72M
    Overall length 3962.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT COMMENCED APRIL 1968. MAIN MINING LEVEL IS 1050

Comments on development

  • KENNECOTT OPERATED FOR SMELTER FLUX UNTIL RECENT ENTRY OF HUNTER AND SUNSHINE COMPANIES.

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 DEPOSI OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107. 276 PP.

  • Deposit

    FADDIES, T., 1983, APPLICATION OF GEOLOGY AT THE TRIXIE MINE, TINTIC DISTRICT: AIME PREPRINT, OCTOBER 1983 MEETING.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SUCCESSFUL, PROFITABLE DISCOVERY MADE BY CAREFUL AND CONTINUED GEOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING WORK BY KENNECOTT. CHARGES IN DEMAND FOR SMECTR FLUX CREATE NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS FUTURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ASSAY REQUIRED TO DISTINGUISH HIGH GRADE FROM MINERALIZED WASTE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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