Tintic District Standard Mine Number 1

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese
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. 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. Ownership information
  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 10055146
MRDS ID RE00161
Record type Site
Current site name Tintic District Standard Mine Number 1
Alternate or previous names Tintic District Standard Mine, Original Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06496, 39.95162 (WGS84)
Relative position 4100 FT DUE EAST 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 10S 2W 16 NE OF SE OF SE OF SE Utah

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • WAS RICHEST SILVER MINE IN WORLD (LINDGREN, 1933,PAGE 588)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Dikes Plugs;
    Rock description Dikes Plugs;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ophr;Tintic District Quartzite;
    Rock description Ophr;Tintic District Quartzite;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06496, 39.95162

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust And Structural Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults (From Collapse During Oxidation)

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 50
    Plunge direction S 35 W
    Depth to top 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 475.49M
  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 50

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Thrusts

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIATED TINTIC DISTRICT QUARTZITE CARBONATES AND SHALE. NEAR CONTACT OF FAULTS WITH THRUST CONTAING THE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer E. J. Raddatz
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1970

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kennecott Copper Corp.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
    Home office Greenwich, Ct

Comments on the production information

  • $80 MILLION GROSS VALUE. SAME PRPDUCTION AS LOCALITY 161, (2 AND 3 SHAFTS).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 487.68M
    Overall length 70104M

Comments on the workings information

  • CMPLETED TO 1000 FT IN 1910 CONNECTED TO OLDES UNSUCCESSFUL INCLINE AT 200, 400 FT. TINTIC DISTRICT QUARTZITE AT 700 FT, CONTANNED GAS AND HEAT.

Comments on development

  • LAST OPERATION OF MINE BY TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD CO. WAS 1949.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA GUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP. F5>BRACKENBURY, R., 1936, E.J. RADDUTZ, 1857-1933: DESETE NEWS PRESS, 40 P. F6> WADE, J.W., 1930, MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD MINE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6360, 21 P. F7> LINDGREN,W., 1933, MINERAL DEPOSITS, THIRD EDITING, NEW YORK, MCGRAW HILL, PP. 588.

  • Production

    MORRIS, 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS YIELDED VAST BULK OF PRODUCTION
Deposit STRUGGLE TO FINE ORE FOR 10 YEARS WAS SUCCESSFUL. MOST ORE OXIDIZED AND REQUIRED SMELTING TO RECOVER METALS. LEACHING PLANT GAVE POOR RECOVERIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

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