The Tintic Delaware is a lead and zinc mine located in Tooele county, Utah.
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Tintic Delaware MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tintic Delaware
Secondary: Free Coinage
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Erickson District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD 1918; 1949-1952
Comment (Deposit): ON THE CONTACT OF GRANITE AND METASEDIMENTS
Comment (Workings): 750 FT OF DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FISSURE PARALLELS THE CONTACT ZONE. A MASSIVE HEMATITE GOSSAN MARKS THE SURFACE OF THE VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): MIN. RES. OF U.S. 1918; 1945
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR,R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MTNS.: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 63
Reference (Deposit): HEYL,A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 117.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 10-02-1962
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