Southwest Tintic

The Southwest Tintic is a gold, molybdenum, copper, lead, and silver mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,450 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Southwest Tintic
Secondary: Treasure Hill
Secondary: Golden Treasure Mine
Secondary: Tintic Copper King Prospect
Secondary: Treasure Hill Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver

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: Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Inc
Percent: 70.00
Info Year: 2009

Owner Name: Quaterra Resources Inc
Percent: 30.00
Home Office: 1199 West Georgia Street Suite 1100 Vancouver BC V6E 3T5 Canada
Info Year: 2009

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

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Porphyry Cu
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Model Name: Porphyry Cu

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Structure: intersection of several regional trends

Type: L
Structure: Faults and Fractures
Description: Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: potassic, propylitic and phyllic
Alteration Text: Argillization

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Description: andesite-latite agglomerate-tuff
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Age Old: Eocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Description: quartz-biotite latite crystal tuff
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Age Old: Eocene

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LOW ANGLE VEINS ARE MORE COMMON IN THIS AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): SOUTH SLOPE OF RUBY HOLLOW; LOCATION IS GOLDEN TREASURE SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Development): REPORTED AS EARLY DAY BONANZA

Comment (Identification): ******SEE Tintic District- Deoisit ID 60000905 :for detailed geology of the district

Comment (Workings): A PROSPECT RELATED TO COLUMBUS PROPERTY. WATER ENCOUNTERED AT 250 FEET BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT

References

Reference (Geology): Keith, J. D., and others, 1991, The volcanic history and magmatic sulfide mineralogy of latites of the central East Tintic Mountainss, Utah: in Geology and Ore Deposits of the Great Basin Symp. Proceedings, v. 1 p. 461-483.

Reference (Geology): Norman, D.K., Parry, W.T., and Bowman, J.R., 1991, Petrology and geochemistry of propylitic alteration at Southwest Tintic, Utah: Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 13?28.

Reference (Geology): Krahulec, K.A., 1996, Geology and geochemistry of the SWT porphyry copper system, Tintic mining district, Juab County, Utah, in Green, S.M., and Struhsaker, E., eds, Geology and ore deposits of the American Cordillera: Field Trip Guidebook Compendium

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): TOWER, G.H., JR., AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, PAGE 764.

Reference (Deposit): BULTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111.

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