The North Standard Mine is a fire clay (refractory) mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,909 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,909 Feet (1,801 Meters)
Commodity: Fire Clay (Refractory)
Lat, Long: 39.99278, -112.04722
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North Standard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Standard Mine
Secondary: North Standard Clay Pit
Commodity
Primary: Fire Clay (Refractory)
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: North 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fire Clay Pit Mined
Years: 1963 - 1970
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1963
Discovery Year: 1963
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): GULCH N OF PINYON CREEK. SHAFT DESCRIBED, CLAY PIT LIES TO WEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): UNDERGROUND WORK CEASED 1932, LEASERS 1937 OPERATED
Comment (Deposit): NO METALLIC DEPOSIT, JUST SHOWINGS
Comment (Workings): 1100 FT SHAFT, WINZE TO 1400; 500 AND 850 FT LEVELS, CLAY PIT. HOT AND RICH IN CO2 AT DEPTH.
Comment (Geology): ALTERED AREA SECOND FORMATION NAME NOT VERIFIED
Comment (Deposit): SEPARATE COMMODITIES FROM SEPARATE MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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.
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): 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 MINING DISTRICT,UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MINES REGISTER 1937, MINES REGISTER CO; N.Y. PAGE 667.
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