Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeREPLACEMENT DEPOSITS, FISSURE VEINS
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlREPLACEMENT BODIES ON N PROJECTION OF FISSURE ZONES, NE OR E-TRENDING CROSS FISSURES
Geology
StructureN-TRENDING FOLDS, COMPLEX FAULTING QTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE, NS FOLDING, COMPLEX FAULTING
AlterationHYDROTHERMAL ZONES AROUND VEINS, REPLACEMENT
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID60001645
MRDS IDW002886
Alternate namesEureka Mining Area
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates39.90385, -112.12389
References
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER 107, 282P.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.KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, USGS PROF. PAPER 610, 283P.BUTLER, B. S., LOUGHLIN, GF, HEIKES ET AL, 1920: ORE DEP. OF UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER 111.BILLINGSLY, P AND CRANE, G. W. 1933, THE TINTIC MINING DIST: XVI INTERNAT. GEOL. CONG. GUIDEBOOK 17, P. 101-124.KILDALE, M. B., 1936, STRUCTURES AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DIST., UTAH: UNPUB DOCT. THESIS, STANFORD U.LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1915, PROCESSES OF MINERALIZATION AND ENRICHMENT IN THE TINTIC MINING DIST: ECON GEOL, VOL 10, P. 225-240.LOVERING, T. S., 1949: ROCK ALTERATION AS A GUIDE TO ORE, EAST TINTIC DIST, UTAH: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONOGRAPH 1