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Tintic Standard Mine

Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110216
MRDS ID W000015
Record type Site
Current site name Tintic Standard Mine
Related records 10276971

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0619, 39.95551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1828

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0619, 39.95551
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust And High-Angle Faults; Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN OPHIR FM. VEIN DEPOSITS IN TINTIC QUARTZITE. MAIN REPLACEMENT ORE BODY PITCHES S35W, 60 DEG EXTENDING FROM 700 TO 1450 LEVEL. REPLACEMENT ORE BODY DEEPLY OXIDIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Period 1916 - 1952
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^11.5 % Pb, 25 Oz/Ton Ag, 5 % Cu, 0.1 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 5wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 791g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 12wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • AT ONE TIME RICHEST SILVER MINE IN WORLD (LINDGREN, 1933, P 588). GRADE CU IS GRADE CU ORE SHIPPED. BULK OF PB-AG ORE FROM REPLACEMENT MASSES; CU-AU ORE FROM VEINS.GREAT BULK OF ORE FROM REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHEPARD & MORRIS, IN RIDGE, J. D., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., AIME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1971 Morris, Hal T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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