North Lily Mine

The North Lily Mine is a lead, silver, gold, and copper mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: North Lily Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Utah

Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 39.95806, -112.07056

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North Lily Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: North Lily Mine
Secondary: Wicklow
Secondary: International Smelting Co.


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Utah
County: Utah
District: East Tintic District District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Anaconda Co.

Owner Name: North Lily Mining Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Utah


Production

Year: 1947
Time Period: 1927-1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.2 Oz Au, 10.4 Oz Ag, 17.7% Pb


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1927
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Folding Of Thrust; Ne Striking Monzonite Dikes, Ne Fissure, Tintic District Standard Thrust Fault, Eureka Lily Fault.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Country Rocks Adjacent To The Igneous Intrus Intrusives Are Highly Argillized And Pyritized.


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1910-1950, AVERAGE OF 0.4 OZ AU, 9.5 OZ AG, 0.3% CU, 13.6% PB,0.6% ZN


Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite


Comments

Comment (Production): INCLUDES HANNIBAL AND OTHER ADJACENT CLAMS WORKED FROM SHAFT.

Comment (Development): 1974 DRILLING BY ANACONDA CO.

Comment (Deposit): MAIN REPLACEMENT BODY DESCRIBED HERE-CROSS SHAPED; THE FISSURE VEIN ORE IS VERTICALLY BELOW THE REPLACEMENT BODIES.

Comment (Location): HILLS EAST OF EUREKA, IN CANYON; ADJOINING TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD.

Comment (Commodity): OTHER COMMODITIES PRESENT: ZN; BA; BI. ORE MATERIALS AT THE MINE ARE: GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRITIC GOLD ORE, GOLD-ENARGITE ORE, ANGLESITE, CURUSSITE, SMITHSONITE, HEMIMORPHITE, PEARCITE, TENNANTITE, BISMUTHINITE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE NORTH LILY SHAFT- 1858 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 700, 900,1000,1200,1350, AND 1500 FT. THE LEVEL NUMBER SYSTEM IS THE SAME USED FOR THE TINTIC DISTRICT STANDARD MINE. ACTUAL DEPTH IS 295 FT PLUS THE LEVEL NUMBER.

Comment (Geology): CLOSED 1949

Comment (Deposit): A MAJOR GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY FOR THIS DISTRICT, CLOSED 1949: CUMMULATIVE PRODUCTION: OF ORE, 375000 TONS FROM 1927-1949; OF AG, 3554000 OZ FROM 1927-1949; OF PB, 101682000 LB FROM 1927-1949; OF ZN, 4270000 LB FROM 1927-1949; OF CU, 2482000 LB FROM 1927-1949; OF AU, 148000 OZ FROM 1927-1949: SOURCE OF PRODUCTION INFORMATION, KILDALE, 1957, UTAH GEOL SOC GUIDEBOOK NO. 12; SHEPARD, MORRIS, AND COOK, 1969, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY BULL 82. OUT OF 375,000 TONS OF ORE, 194,000 TONS IS LEAD-SILVER ORE, 35,000 TONS OF LEAD-ZINC ORE, AND 146,000 TONS OF SILICEOUS GOLD-COPPER AND GOLD-SILVER ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Production): MORRIS 1979,P.157

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T.,AND LOVERING, T.B., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 P.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT: 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 DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5> SHEPARD, W. M., MORRIS, H.T., COOK, D.R., 1969, GEOL & ORE DEP. OF E. TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DIST.: UGMS BULL. 82, P. 216, 223-225.


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