Mine detail: Tintic District Delaware Mine

Previously called 'Free Coinage Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.95133, -112.51274

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Specularite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Sheeprock Granite;
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Basin And Range
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	RE00213
DEP	10055171
Reference	{Deposit:: COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63 P. 117}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1981, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 6734, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 476}{Deposit:: U.S.G.S., 1918, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, P. 402}{Production:: USGS, MINERAL RES. OF U.S., 1918, P. 402; USBM, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1945, P. 476}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III