Tintic Standard Mine

The Tintic Standard Mine is a lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,879 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 Standard Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Utah

Elevation: 5,879 Feet (1,792 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 39.9558, -112.05780

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Tintic Standard Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tintic Standard Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver


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

Type: Patented


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1994


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Waste Rock
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Enargite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE QUANTITY MATRIX 1 WAS MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE RESERVES REPORTED BY THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION),OPEN FILE REPORT 22. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976. USBM GRANT NO. 264-006. QUANT MATRIX 2 IS A 1993 UPDATED RESERVE ESTIMATION GIVEN BY A CONSULTANT

Comment (Ownership): ACQUISITION AND EXPLORATION COSTS WERE CONSIDERED WRITTEN OFF SINCE THEY OCCURRED MORE THAN 15 YEARS BEFORE THE YEAR OF EVALUATION. THE MINING COSTS WERE SCALED DOWN FROM THE MAYFLOWER MINE COSTS. THE BENEFICIATION COSTS WERE ESTIMATED WITH THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CES PROGRAM. CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY CORPORATED ADDRESS: 866 2ND AVE, NY, NY 10017. CHIEF CONSOL. GENERAL MINING OFC: P O BOX 270, EUREKA, UT 84628

Comment (Production): CONCENTRATE RECOVERIES AND GRADES ARE SPECULATIVE. KENNECOTT MINERALS CO., OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, HAS NO PLAN TO MINE AND BENEFICIATE THE ORE; BECAUSE OF THIS NO INFORMATION RELATED TO BENEFICIATION IS AVAILABLE.


References

Reference (Deposit): TINTIC DIVISION) AND F.AMARO (IFOC, MAS EVALUATOR).

Reference (Deposit): MAY 1981.

Reference (Deposit): PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: H.H. DOELLING (SUPERVISOR OF THE

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SECTION, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PERRY, L.I. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, 1976. TINTIC STANDARD

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINE. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (ECONOMIC

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GEOLOGY SECTION). UGMS OPEN-FILE REPORT NO.22. U.S. BUREAU

Reference (Reserve-Resource): OF MINES. GRANT NO. G0 264-006, 1976, PP. 502-510.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T. AND T.S. LOVERING. THE TINTIC STANDARD MINE;

Reference (Deposit): GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH.

Reference (Deposit): MALCOLM,B.K. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC STANDARD, NORTH

Reference (Deposit): LILY AND EUREKA LILLY MINES. GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): OF UTAH NO. 12, 1957, P. 103-119.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-PRESS, OCT. 24, 1925 P. 647.

Reference (Deposit): PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: L.J. BECK (KENNECOTT MINERAL CO,

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY) AND F. AMARO (IFOC, MAS EVALUATOR). OCT. 1980.

Reference (Deposit): CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING HANDBOOK. STRAAM

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERS, INC. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT NO.

Reference (Deposit): J0255026, JUNE 1979 (REVISED EDITION), 374 PP.


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