The East Tintic District is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Utah county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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East Tintic District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: East Tintic District
Secondary: Tintic Standard Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: EAST TINTIC DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS, FISSURE VEINS
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1909
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: NS FOLDING, COMPLEX FAULTING
Type: L
Description: N-TRENDING FOLDS, INTERSECTED BY E-W FOLDING, = THRUSTING AND LOCAL "POT HOLE" STRUCTURES
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: HYDROTHERMAL
Alteration Text: HYDROTHERMAL
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919, GEOL AND ORE DEPOSITS OF TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 107, 282P.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D. R., ED. 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND...TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS; UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK GEOL. OF UTAH NO 12
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES; USGS PROF. PAPER 610, 283P.
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T. S., 1949, ROCK ALTERATION, E. TINTIC, DISTRICT, UTAH: MONO 1, ECONGEOLOGY.
Reference (Deposit): KILDALE, MB, 1938, STRUCTURE AND ORE DEPOSITS IN THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: UNPUBLISHED DOCTOR'S THESIS, STANFORD U.
Reference (Deposit): ORRIS, H. T., 19
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