Tintic Drain Tunnel

The Tintic Drain Tunnel is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,026 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 Drain Tunnel  

State:  Utah

County:  Utah

Elevation: 5,026 Feet (1,532 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.87611, -112.01028

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Tintic Drain Tunnel MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tintic Drain Tunnel
Secondary: Knight Drain Tunnel


Commodity

Tertiary: Lead


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

Owner Name: Tintic Drain Tunnel Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Development): NEVER COMPLETED

Comment (Geology): BARREN LATITE

Comment (Location): 13000 FT E OF DIAMOND DIVIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Deposit): NO ORE

Comment (Workings): 7.5 X 7.5 FT ADIT, 630 FT RAISE TO SURFACE, MAINTAINED BY ASSESSMENT WORK

Comment (Deposit): DRAIN TUNNEL INTENDED TO REACH 5 MILES. TO NW TO DRAGON MINE AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): NEALE, W.G., 1926, THE MINES HAND BOOK, VOLUME XVII, PG 1539, MINES HAND BOOK CO, NEW YORK, N.Y.

Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, J.W., 1941, THE JESSIE KNIGHT FAMILY: SALT LAKE CITY, DESERET NEWS PRESS, PAGE 78.

Reference (Deposit): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW FEBRUARY 15, 1919, PGS 21-23.

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): 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.


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