The Tintic Prince Prospect is a lead, gold, and zinc mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,021 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: 7,021 Feet (2,140 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.99806, -112.17861
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Tintic Prince Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tintic Prince Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: North Tintic Mining 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
Owner Name: Tintic Prince Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1933
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
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Front
Type: L
Description: Tintic Prince Fault-Zone And North Tintic Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): NORTH ADIT IS COLLAPSED BUT ORIGINALLY 350 FT LONG WITH A 360 FT. INTERIOR SHAFT WITH TWO CROSSCUTS, THE PROSPECT IS A COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. LONG, THE SOUTH ADIT IS ALSO COLLAPSED BUT WAS FAIRLY SHORT
Comment (Geology): JASPEROID ON 350 FT. EAST CROSSCUT CARRIES SMALL AMOUNTS OF LEAD AND GOLD
Comment (Deposit): MAIN ADIT IS 350 FT LONG WITH A 360 FT. DEEP INTERIOR SHAFT. CROSSCUTS EXTEND 300 FT. EAST AND 370 FT. WEST OF THE 350 FT LEVEL IN THE SHAFT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP MORRIS, H.T. BULL. 1142-
Reference (Production): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MTS.: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 107.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., (ED.), 1964. GEOL. OF THE TINTIC JUNCTION QUADRANGLE, TOOELE, JUAB AND UTAH CO., UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1142-L
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957. GEOL. OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK NO. 12
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