Tintic Coalition Claims Mine

The Tintic Coalition Claims Mine is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,519 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tintic Coalition Claims Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Probably Within Tintic Mtn. Caldera

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CRYSTALLINE TO SUGARY TEXTURED QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING IRREGULAR PODS OF OXIDIZED ORE

Comment (Production): 10 CARLOADS PRIOR TO 1927 FOR WHICH NO RECORDS AVAILABLE, 1 CARLOAD SHIPPED 1927: 30% PB, 17 OZ. AG, 1.4 DOLLARS PER TON AU; THESE FIGURES PROBABLY INCLUDE OLD SUSAN PRODUCTION

Comment (Development): THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW DESCRIBED A 2000 FT ADIT BEING WORKED ON THE TINTIC COALITION GROUP. THERE IS NO WORKING THAT LARGE ON THE TINTIC COALITION PATENTED CLAIM GROUP AT PRESENT. IT SEEMS PROBABLE THAT THE OLD SUSAN PATENTED CLAIMS WERE CONSOLIDATED WITH THE TINTIC COALITION CLAIMS BY THIS TIME SINCE THE MAIN ADIT AT THE OLD SUSAN IS THE ONLY WORKING OF THAT SIZE IN THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY, FRANK THRONBERG IS LISTED AS MANAGER OF THE OLD SUSAN IN 1913 AND OF THE TINTIC COALITION IN 1918.

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS, PITS, TRENCHES AND DRILLING PODS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

References

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1975 GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE MCINTYRE QUADRANGLE, JUAB AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-883

Reference (Production): HIGGINS, W.C., (ED.), 1927, APR. 15.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN,W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F; 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 107, 282 P.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., (ED.), 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

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