The Tickville Gulch Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,322 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
Elevation: 5,322 Feet (1,622 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.41278, -112.02083
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Tickville Gulch Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tickville Gulch Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Bingham Mining 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Chloritization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Workings): PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): VOLCANIC FLOWS OF ANDESITE-TRACHYTE-LATITE REST ON A SURFACE OF MODERATE RELIEF. THIS SURFACE WAS COMPOSED MOSTLY OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN GROUPS. ANDESITES ARE THE EARLIEST FLOWS, FOLLOWED UP BY TRACHYTE AND LATITE FLOWS. THE ROKS ARE GENERALLY LIGHT GREY IN COLOR WITH OCCASSIONAL FLOW STRUCTURES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY FISSURES AND FRACTURES IN ALTERED AND DEFORMED HOSTROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRAY, E.R., WILSON, J.C., 1975, GUIDE BOOK TO THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICTS: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT AND NORTHERN OQUIRRH MOUNTAIN, GUIDE BOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO16, UTAH GEOL. SOC., 145P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, 672 P.
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1905, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRIC, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 38,410P.
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