Description
Paul R. Billingsley
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Gold, Copper
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBraided Fracture-Thrust Intersection; Replacement Bodies Are Localized At The Intersect Of The North Lily Fissure And The Middle Ophir Limestone And At The Intersection Of The Endline Dike Fissure And The Middle Ophir Limestone
Materials
GangueBarite, Calcite, Clay, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Ophir Shale;Tintic District Quartzite;
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Latite · Packeard Quartz Latite;North Lily Intrusive Center;
StructureFolding Of Thrust; Ne Striking Monzonite Dikes, Ne Fissure, Tintic District Standard Thrust Fault, Eureka Lily Fault.
AlterationCountry Rocks Adjacent To The Igneous Intrus Intrusives Are Highly Argillized And Pyritized.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1927
Last production1949
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID10055153
MRDS IDRE00178
Alternate namesWicklow, International Smelting Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.95801, -112.07135
References
MORRIS, H.T.,AND LOVERING, T.B., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 P.COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT: 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 DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5> SHEPARD, W. M., MORRIS, H.T., COOK, D.R., 1969, GEOL & ORE DEP. OF E. TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DIST.: UGMS BULL. 82, P. 216, 223-225.MORRIS 1979,P.157