| Deposit ID | 10102086 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12856 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eureka Standard Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tintic Bonanza Mining Co, Montana Mining Co |
| Related records | 10154844 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.06051, 39.94328 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1786 |
| Relative position | 2300 FT S 44 E OF MINERAL HILL |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Utah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 010S | 002W | 22 | SW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite |
| Rock unit name | Packard Quartz Latite;Monzonite |
| Rock description | Packard Quartz Latite;Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Shale |
| Rock description | Tintic Quartzite;Ophir Shale |
| (1) | -112.06051, 39.94328 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tintic Standard Thrust, Eureka Standard Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1928 |
| Discoverer | J.M. Snow, Geologist, Tintic Standard Mining Co |
| District name | Tintic District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc. |
| Home office | Greenwich, Conn. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 396.24M |
| Overall length | 15888.61M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12856 |
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.
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.
MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
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.
GARDNER, E.D., 1935, MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT EUREKA STANDARD MINE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. IC-6851, PAGE 2.
MORRIS, 1979
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A RICH GOLD MINE DESPITE SMALL SIZE; FIFTH LARGEST IN THE U.S. IN 1932. LATER AG-PB DISCOVERY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1983 | James, Laurence P. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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