Trixie Mine

The Trixie Mine is a copper, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,070 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Trixie Mine
Secondary: Trixie Shaft
Secondary: Old Trump Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Silica
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
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: Kennecott Minerals Co., Division Of Sohio Co.

Owner Name: Hunter Mining Co.
Home Office: Silver City New Mexico

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1969
Discovery Year: 1969
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fissures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

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: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Production): THROUGH 1/1/76, DIRECT SHIPPING ORE, VALUED A7 $5 MILLION. PRODUCTION HAS CONTINUED

Comment (Development): KENNECOTT OPERATED FOR SMELTER FLUX UNTIL RECENT ENTRY OF HUNTER AND SUNSHINE COMPANIES.

Comment (Deposit): ASSAY REQUIRED TO DISTINGUISH HIGH GRADE FROM MINERALIZED WASTE

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT COMMENCED APRIL 1968. MAIN MINING LEVEL IS 1050

Comment (Geology): TWO ORE TYPES: FISSURES AND CARBONATE REPLACEMENTS. ALL DIE OUT RAPIDLY IN EVERLYING VOLCANICS, LATE SILVER MINERAL HALO AROUND BEST ORE.

Comment (Commodity): CAN PRODUCE 100 TO 150 T / DAY ROUTINELY; 250 ACHIEVED 1976

Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF SILVER PASS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Deposit): A SUCCESSFUL, PROFITABLE DISCOVERY MADE BY CAREFUL AND CONTINUED GEOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING WORK BY KENNECOTT. CHARGES IN DEMAND FOR SMECTR FLUX CREATE NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS FUTURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

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 DEPOSI OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107. 276 PP.

Reference (Deposit): FADDIES, T., 1983, APPLICATION OF GEOLOGY AT THE TRIXIE MINE, TINTIC DISTRICT: AIME PREPRINT, OCTOBER 1983 MEETING.

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.

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