The Mintintic Drill Holes 1 and 3 is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.88889, -112.12472
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Mintintic Drill Holes 1 and 3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mintintic Drill Holes 1 and 3
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
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: Spenst M. Hansen
Home Office: Eureka, Ut.
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritic And Argillic
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): HOLE 3
Comment (Geology): PERVASIVE ALTERATION; K1 IS UNVERIFIED; K5 IS 1NVERIFIED; N30 IS UNVERIFIED; N30A IS UNVERIFIED; N50A IS UNVERIFIED
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS HOLE M-3. MINTINTIC HOLE 1 IS SE OF SW, SW OR SE, SE OF NE SEC 2, TOWNSHIP 11 S RANGE 3W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): DRILL HOLE 3 IN ALTERED INTRUSION
Comment (Workings): DRILL HOLE 3 CORED. DRILL HOLE 1 WAS -75, IN ALLUVIUM. DEPTH UNKNOWN.
References
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): LOG OF MINTINTIC HOLE 3 IN WRITER'S FILES, BY L.C. ARMSTRONG; RELEASED BY PERMISSION.
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.
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.
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