The Tintic District Standard Mine Main Shafts is a lead, silver, gold, and zinc mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,951 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.95556, -112.05944
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Tintic District Standard Mine Main Shafts MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tintic District Standard Mine Main Shafts
Secondary: Tintic District Standard Number 2 and 3
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Cadmium
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1952
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: REPLACEMENT
Form: REPLACEMENT
Form: REPLACEMENT
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES BETWEEN SHAFTS
Comment (Commodity): WAS RICHEST SILVER MINE IN WORLD
Comment (Workings): BEGAN SHAFT SINKING DECEMBER 1916; UNEXPECTEDLY HIT CENTRAL TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD ORE BODY JULY 1917 AT 1174 FT. NUMBER 3 SHAFT RASED FROM 600 LEVEL MAY 1926 FOR VENTILATION
Comment (Geology): BRECCIATED TINTIC DISTRICT QUARTZITE, CARBONATE ROCKS AND SHALE NEAR CONTACT OF FAULTS WITH THRUST CONTAIN THE ORE
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT DEPOSITE
Comment (Deposit): MINE WAS A MAJOR SILVER PRODUCER UNTILL 1948. FROM 1928 UNTIL WORLD WAR 2 THE MINE FUNDED LEASING AND DEVELOPEMENT OPERATIONS WHICH PRODUCED GREATLY. PROFITS HELPED PURCHASE IRON BLOSSOM, EUREKA STANDARD, AND COLORADO MINES.
References
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 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 DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. INTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5>TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD MINING CO. 1941, ANNUAL REPORT. F6 > SHEPARD, W AND MORRIS, H.T., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT DISTRICT, UTAH IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., GRATON-SALE VOLUME: A.I.M.E.
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