Utah · Juab County
Prospect

Southwest Tintic

Juab County, Utah, United States
CopperLeadSilverGoldMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry Cu
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlIrregular Silicification
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockMonzonite,Quartz Monzonite,Latite · "Sunrise Peak Stock", "Diamond Gulch "
StructureFractures
AlterationArgillization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10042180
MRDS IDM058560
Alternate namesGolden Treasure Mine, Tintic Copper King Prospect, Treasure Hill ShaftTreasure Hill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.89856, -112.10301
References
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.TOWER, G.H., JR., AND SMITH, G.O., 1899, GEOLOGY AND MINING INDUSTRY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT, PAGE 764.BULTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111.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.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 CompendiumKeith, J. D., and others, 1991, The volcanic history and magmatic sulfide mineralogy of latites of the central East Tintic Mountainss, Utah: in Geology and Ore Deposits of the Great Basin Symp. Proceedings, v. 1 p. 461-483.