The Trixie Mine is a copper, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,070 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,070 Feet (1,850 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.93139, -112.06667
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Trixie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trixie Mine
Secondary: Trixie Shaft
Secondary: Old Trump Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Silica
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
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: Kennecott Minerals Co., Division Of Sohio Co.
Owner Name: Hunter Mining Co.
Home Office: Silver City New Mexico
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1969
Discovery Year: 1969
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Production): THROUGH 1/1/76, DIRECT SHIPPING ORE, VALUED A7 $5 MILLION. PRODUCTION HAS CONTINUED
Comment (Development): KENNECOTT OPERATED FOR SMELTER FLUX UNTIL RECENT ENTRY OF HUNTER AND SUNSHINE COMPANIES.
Comment (Deposit): ASSAY REQUIRED TO DISTINGUISH HIGH GRADE FROM MINERALIZED WASTE
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT COMMENCED APRIL 1968. MAIN MINING LEVEL IS 1050
Comment (Geology): TWO ORE TYPES: FISSURES AND CARBONATE REPLACEMENTS. ALL DIE OUT RAPIDLY IN EVERLYING VOLCANICS, LATE SILVER MINERAL HALO AROUND BEST ORE.
Comment (Commodity): CAN PRODUCE 100 TO 150 T / DAY ROUTINELY; 250 ACHIEVED 1976
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF SILVER PASS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): A SUCCESSFUL, PROFITABLE DISCOVERY MADE BY CAREFUL AND CONTINUED GEOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING WORK BY KENNECOTT. CHARGES IN DEMAND FOR SMECTR FLUX CREATE NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS FUTURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107. 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): FADDIES, T., 1983, APPLICATION OF GEOLOGY AT THE TRIXIE MINE, TINTIC DISTRICT: AIME PREPRINT, OCTOBER 1983 MEETING.
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.
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