The Eureka Lilly Mine is a gold, lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,007 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,007 Feet (1,831 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.95278, -112.06806
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Eureka Lilly Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eureka Lilly Mine
Secondary: East Tintic Development Co
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
Home Office: Greenwich, Conn.
Owner Name: Tintic Standard Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Flat, Local Anticline Or Dome
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Pebble Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Enargite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LILLEY OF THE WEST SHAFT, 200 FT WSW OF EUREKA LILLY, WAS FIRST ORE PRODUCER IN EAST TINTIC, 1899 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): LOCALIZED AT THRUST-FISSURE INTERSECTIONS
Comment (Workings): 5145 FT OF SHAFTS, 3875 FT OF ADITS; INCLINED WINZES AND RAISES
Comment (Location): HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, W. OF TINTIC STANDARD MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): PART OF KENNECOTT EAST TINTIC LEASE
Comment (Geology): TINTIC STANDARD THRUST FAULT CUT AT 1400 FT BY SHAFT, REPEATS QUARTZITE; N55A IS MONZONITE DIKES
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890S
References
Reference (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.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1982, METALLIC ORES RELATED TO OVERTHRUST FAULTS, NORTHERN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION GUIDEBOOK, PUBLICATION 10, P. 91-100.
Reference (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.
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