Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Zinc
TertiaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlChannel- Like Fracture Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Deseret Limestone;Gardision Limestone;
Associated rockQuartz Latite · Packard Quartz Latite;Rhyolite Dike;
StructureFissures
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10055157
MRDS IDRE00188
Alternate namesUncle Sam Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.95078, -112.1019
References
MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 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 PP.COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTC 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> TOWER, G.W. AND SMITH G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19 TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME 3, P.748. F5> MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED. GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E., P.1060.LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN, 1919, PAGE 223