| Deposit ID | 60001645 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002886 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Tintic District |
| Alternate or previous names | Eureka Mining Area |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.12389, 39.90385 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Juab(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)
Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Juab |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| (1) | -112.12389, 39.90385 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N-TRENDING FOLDS, COMPLEX FAULTING QTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | NS FOLDING, COMPLEX FAULTING |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | TINTIC DISTRICT |
|---|
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER 107, 282P.
COOK, D. R. ED, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MTS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOKS TO THE GEOL. OF UTAH, NO. 12, 145P.
BUTLER, B. S., LOUGHLIN, GF, HEIKES ET AL, 1920: ORE DEP. OF UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER 111.
BILLINGSLY, P AND CRANE, G. W. 1933, THE TINTIC MINING DIST: XVI INTERNAT. GEOL. CONG. GUIDEBOOK 17, P. 101-124.
KILDALE, M. B., 1936, STRUCTURES AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DIST., UTAH: UNPUB DOCT. THESIS, STANFORD U.
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