Trixie Mine

The Trixie Mine is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,076 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Trixie Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: East Tintic District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Home Office: New York, Ny.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1969
Discovery Year: 1969
Discovery Method: Other
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

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: East Tintic Anticline; Eureka Standard Fault; Sioux Ajax Fault; Trixie Fault (Strike N 80 E, Dip 85 N-Nw); Apex Standard Fault; Eureka Lily Fault; Fractures (Strike N 10-20 E, Dip 50-70 W); Trixie Fissure Zone (Strike N 5-40 E, Dip 70-85 W).

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Proustite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACC. SW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SECT. 28

Comment (Development): THE U.S. GEOL. SURV. DRILLED NINE DRILL HOLES IN 1954 AND 1955. BEAR CREEK MINING CO. DRILLED EIGHT HOLES IN 1956.

Comment (Deposit): THE SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATA IS OF THE 756 ORE SHOOT. THE 75-85 ORE SHOOT IS 250 FT LONG, 30 FT WIDE, AND 30 FT HIGH. THE REPLACEMENT ORE BODY IS 140 FT LONG, 135 FT WIDE, AND 85 FT THICK.

Comment (Production): 2,450 TONS WAS MINED IN 1972 FOR METALLURGICAL TESTING.

Comment (Deposit): GROUNDWATER TEMPERATURE AT THE 750 FT LEVEL IS CONSTANT AT 75 DEG F. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE TRIXIE SHAFT, 1300 FT DEEP WITH 5 MAIN RAISES, AND LEVELS AT 600, 750, 800, 850, 900, 1050, AND 1200 FT.

References

Reference (Deposit): COOK,K.L., 1947, A GRAVIMETRIC SURVEY IN THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS,H.T., AND OTHERS, 1956, U.S.G.S. EXPLORATION PROGRAM IN THE TRIXIE AREA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT, JUNE 20.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS,H.T. & LOVERING,T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 1024, P. 182-189.

Reference (Deposit): 1947 GEOPHYS COOK,KL, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1956 GEOCHEM MORRIS,HT, AND OTHERS, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP MORRIS,HT & LOVERING,TS, USGS PP 1024

Reference (Production): MORRIS & LOVERING, 1979, P. 184.

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