Tintic Central Shaft

The Tintic Central Shaft is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,110 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tintic Central Shaft

Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Home Office: New York, N.Y.

Owner Name: Tintic Central Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1920 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1920
Discovery Year: 1907
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: BLANKET

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 Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): WORK CEASED WHEN JESSE KNIGHT INTERESTS BOUGHT CONTROL

Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT HOPED TO FIND EXTENSION OF RICH IRON BLOSSOM MINE ORES

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT; LEVELS AT 870,920,1020 AND WORKINGS FROM 1700 LEVEL OF IRON BLOSSOM MINE. SHAFT BULLDOZED SHUT BY ANACONDA, 1979

Comment (Deposit): STOCK COMPANY DID WORK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): ORE FOUND IN FISSURE ON 870 LEVEL. DUMP INDICATES SEDIMENTS WERE FOUND BENEATH IGNEOUS ROCKS; N30A IS UNKNOWN

Comment (Location): ALONG OLD RAILROAD, JUST BELOW GRADE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

References

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): 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., 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): WEED W.H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK: NEW YORK, P. 1420.

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