Tintic Davis Prospects

The Tintic Davis Prospects is a iron, gold, and manganese mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,152 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

Name: Tintic Davis Prospects  

State:  Utah

County:  Utah

Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)

Commodity: Iron, Gold, Manganese

Lat, Long: 40.00583, -112.09778

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Tintic Davis Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tintic Davis Prospects
Secondary: Tintic Davis Mining Company


Commodity

Primary: Iron
Primary: Gold
Primary: Manganese


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: Tintic Davis Mining Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION TO SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Deposit): DURING LINDGREN AND LOUGHLINS VISIT TO THIS PROPERTY THE SHAFT WAS BEING SUNK ON AN 18 INCH VEIN OF IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES WHICH ASSAY A TRACE OF GOLD

Comment (Workings): SHAFT HAS APPROXIMATELY 800 FT. OF WORKINGS; ADIT NEAR THE ROAD IS STILL ACCESSIBLE AND IS ABOUT 150 FT. LONG; THE SOUTH UPPER ADIT IS ABOUT 20 FT. THE SOUTH LOWER ADIT IS ABOUT 50 FT LONG, IN BLACK SHALE AND LIMESTONE WITH CALCITE AND QUARTZ MATERIAL; THE PROSPECT NEAR THE SHAFT IS A SMALL PIT IN COLLUVIUM.


References

Reference (Deposit): PROCTOR, P.D., 1956, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ALLENS RANCH QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP MF-45

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

Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE SELMA HILLS, UTAH CO., UTAH: UGMS BULL. 45.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK NO. 12.


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