The Tintic Davis Prospects is a iron, gold, and manganese mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Gold, Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.00583, -112.09778
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Tintic Davis Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tintic Davis Prospects
Secondary: Tintic Davis Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Gold
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: North 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tintic Davis Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): DURING LINDGREN AND LOUGHLINS VISIT TO THIS PROPERTY THE SHAFT WAS BEING SUNK ON AN 18 INCH VEIN OF IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES WHICH ASSAY A TRACE OF GOLD
Comment (Workings): SHAFT HAS APPROXIMATELY 800 FT. OF WORKINGS; ADIT NEAR THE ROAD IS STILL ACCESSIBLE AND IS ABOUT 150 FT. LONG; THE SOUTH UPPER ADIT IS ABOUT 20 FT. THE SOUTH LOWER ADIT IS ABOUT 50 FT LONG, IN BLACK SHALE AND LIMESTONE WITH CALCITE AND QUARTZ MATERIAL; THE PROSPECT NEAR THE SHAFT IS A SMALL PIT IN COLLUVIUM.
References
Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP MF-45
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W AND G.F. LOUGHLIN, 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE SELMA HILLS, UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 45.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 12.
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