The Tintic District Delaware Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,740 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,740 Feet (2,359 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.95139, -112.51194
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Tintic District Delaware Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tintic District Delaware Mine
Secondary: Free Coinage Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZED FISSURES PARALLEL THE SHEEPROCK GRANITE- PRECAMBRIAN METASEDIMENTS CONTACT. HEMATITE GOSSAN MARKS THE SURFACE TREND OF THE VEIN
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1918 AND 1945 WAS RECORDED; THE IDA GROUP AND THE TINTIC DISTRICT DELAWARE JOINTLY PRODUCED 52 TONS IN 1945
Comment (Workings): A MAIN TUNNEL, WITH DRIFTS, TOTALING 750 FT., THREE WINZES, AND A SHAFT. ANOTHER SHAFT IS APPROX. 1060 FT. NORTHWEST OF THE TUNNEL. AN OPEN CUT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63 P. 117
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1981, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6734, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 476
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S., 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, P. 402
Reference (Production): USGS, MINERAL RES. OF U.S., 1918, P. 402; USBM, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1945, P. 476
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