The Tintic District is a zinc, silver, lead, copper, and gold mine located in Juab county, Utah.
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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:
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.9, -112.10000
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Tintic District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tintic District
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: TINTIC DISTRICT
Land Status
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Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Identification): ******SEE Associated Deposit: Southwest Tintic- Deposit ID 10042180
References
Reference (Deposit): Krahulec, K.A., 1996, Geology and geochemistry of the SWT porphyry copper system, Tintic mining district, Juab County, Utah, in Green, S.M., and Struhsaker, E., eds, Geology and ore deposits of the American Cordillera: Field Trip Guidebook Compendium
Reference (Deposit): Norman, D.K., Parry, W.T., and Bowman, J.R., 1991, Petrology and geochemistry of propylitic alteration at Southwest Tintic, Utah: Economic Geology, v. 86, p. 13?28.
Reference (Deposit): Hildreth S C, Hannah J L 1996 - Fluid inclusion and sulfur isotope studies of the Tintic Mining District, Utah: Implications for targeting fluid sources: in Econ. Geol. v91 pp 1270-1281
Reference (Deposit): Morris H T 1987 - Tintic mining district, Utah: in Johnson J L (Ed.), 1987 Bulk Mineable Precious Metal Deposits of the Western United States - Guidebook for Field Trips Geol. Soc. Nevada pp 390-394
Reference (Deposit): Stavast W J A, Keith J D, Christiansen E H, Dorais M J, Tingey D, Larocque A and Evans N, 2006 - The Fate of Magmatic Sulfides During Intrusion or Eruption, Bingham and Tintic Districts, Utah: in Econ. Geol. v101 pp 329-345
Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, E.T., NEWMAN, W.L., AND HEYL, A.V., JR. (COMPILERS), 1962, ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII: USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCE MAP MR-19, SEPARATE TEXT, 18 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDERMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 107, 282 P.
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