The Tintic District Standard Mine Number 1 is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Utah county, Utah.
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Tintic District Standard Mine Number 1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tintic District Standard Mine Number 1
Secondary: Tintic District Standard Mine
Secondary: Original Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Amax Copper Mines, Subsidiary Of Amax, Inc.
Home Office: Greenwich, Ct
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Utah
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust And Structural Trough
Type: L
Description: Faults (From Collapse During Oxidation)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): WAS RICHEST SILVER MINE IN WORLD (LINDGREN, 1933,PAGE 588)
Comment (Production): $80 MILLION GROSS VALUE. SAME PRPDUCTION AS LOCALITY 161, (2 AND 3 SHAFTS).
Comment (Development): LAST OPERATION OF MINE BY TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD CO. WAS 1949.
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS YIELDED VAST BULK OF PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): CMPLETED TO 1000 FT IN 1910 CONNECTED TO OLDES UNSUCCESSFUL INCLINE AT 200, 400 FT. TINTIC DISTRICT QUARTZITE AT 700 FT, CONTANNED GAS AND HEAT.
Comment (Geology): BRECCIATED TINTIC DISTRICT QUARTZITE CARBONATES AND SHALE. NEAR CONTACT OF FAULTS WITH THRUST CONTAING THE ORE.
Comment (Deposit): STRUGGLE TO FINE ORE FOR 10 YEARS WAS SUCCESSFUL. MOST ORE OXIDIZED AND REQUIRED SMELTING TO RECOVER METALS. LEACHING PLANT GAVE POOR RECOVERIES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP. F5>BRACKENBURY, R., 1936, E.J. RADDUTZ, 1857-1933: DESETE NEWS PRESS, 40 P. F6> WADE, J.W., 1930, MINING METHODS AND COSTS AT TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD MINE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6360, 21 P. F7> LINDGREN,W., 1933, MINERAL DEPOSITS, THIRD EDITING, NEW YORK, MCGRAW HILL, PP. 588.
Reference (Production): MORRIS, 1979
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA GUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, K1-K29.
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