Mine detail: Tintic District

Previously called 'Eureka Mining Area'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.90385, -112.12389

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Discovery year: 1869

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS, FISSURE VEINS
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

Structure:N-TRENDING FOLDS, COMPLEX FAULTING QTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE, NS FOLDING, COMPLEX FAULTING
Alteration processes:HYDROTHERMAL ZONES AROUND VEINS, REPLACEMENT

References

MRDSW002886
DEP60001645
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER 107, 282P.}{Deposit:: COOK, D. R. ED, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MTS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOKS TO THE GEOL. OF UTAH, NO. 12, 145P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, USGS PROF. PAPER 610, 283P.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B. S., LOUGHLIN, GF, HEIKES ET AL, 1920: ORE DEP. OF UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER 111.}{Deposit:: BILLINGSLY, P AND CRANE, G. W. 1933, THE TINTIC MINING DIST: XVI INTERNAT. GEOL. CONG. GUIDEBOOK 17, P. 101-124.}{Deposit:: KILDALE, M. B., 1936, STRUCTURES AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DIST., UTAH: UNPUB DOCT. THESIS, STANFORD U.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1915, PROCESSES OF MINERALIZATION AND ENRICHMENT IN THE TINTIC MINING DIST: ECON GEOL, VOL 10, P. 225-240.}{Deposit:: LOVERING, T. S., 1949: ROCK ALTERATION AS A GUIDE TO ORE, EAST TINTIC DIST, UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONOGRAPH 1}