Mintintic Drill Hole 4

The Mintintic Drill Hole 4 is a mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,260 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: Mintintic Drill Hole 4  

State:  Utah

County:  Juab

Elevation: 6,260 Feet (1,908 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.89194, -112.11583

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Mintintic Drill Hole 4 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mintintic Drill Hole 4
Secondary: Longyear-Kennecott Hole


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead


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: Kennecott Minerals Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake, City Ut.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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: Albitic, Clays


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Geology): ALTERATION PERVASIVE BUT NOT INTENSE

Comment (Workings): DIAMOND DRILL HOLE COMPLETED MAY 1944

Comment (Deposit): ORE CHANNEL IN UNDERLYING LIMESTONES WAS TARGET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): TOP OF KNOLL NEAR SHAFT NUMBER 85 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Deposit): DRILL HOLE


References

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): LOG OF HOLE MINTINTIC-4 BY L.C. ARMSTRONG IN WRITER'S FILES. RELEASED BY PERMISSION OF LONG YEAR CO.


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