The Tintic Western Mine is a tungsten mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.83639, -112.40556
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Tintic Western Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tintic Western Mine
Secondary: Desert Tungsten Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: West Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: Sheep Rock Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Overthrusting Of Proterozoic Rocks Over Paleozoic. Area Forms Steep Homocline Striking N-S.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metamorphism & Assoc Minerals
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1950 TRENCH SAMPLES ASSAY UP TO 1.8 % WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE WAS DISSEMINATED IN SIX LIMONITE VEINS 1 - 1.5 FT THICK AND CONFINED TO A PENDANT OF LIMESTONE IN MONZONITE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE SULLIVAN SHAFT (400 FT); THE BATES SHAFT (70 FT); WITH LEVELS AT 150, 300, 400. DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): FAULTS IN THE AREA STRIKE N 20-50 E, DIP 60-85 NW & SE. THE LS BEDS ARE VERTICAL. THE ORE VEIN CONSISTS OF SOFT BROWN, POROUS MATERIAL WITH CONSIDERABLE LIMONITE. ; GEOL.DESC: VEINS ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE AND TACTITE BODIES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO MONZONITE.
Comment (Development): 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS OF 85 ACRES
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B F, 1942, MINERALIZATION IN THE WEST TINTIC DISTRICT, GSA BULL, V 53, NO 2
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L I & MCARTHY, B, 1976, LEAD & ZINC IN UTAH: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SS #22
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M., 1964 , TUNGSTEN, MINERAL & WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH G & MS BULL 73 , P. 123
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S. W., 1945 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN W. TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, 7 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) EVERETT, F. D., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014 , P. 31
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP 111
Reference (Deposit): 1945 RECON HOBBS, S W, USGS OPEN FILE RPT
Reference (Deposit): 1961 COMPILE USBM INFORMATION CIRC 8014
Reference (Production): HOBBS, S W, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D P 81-111
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