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EAST TINTIC MOtNTAINS.
Dy W ,U DE>UR l.nmO)H·:x :J,nd G. F.
GENERAL FEATURES.
The Rust Tintie lIIountains ill cent!"al l ; tnh
form one. of the cllStcrrun08t ranges of the
Great Bnsin. They nrc crossed hy Int.itudc
40° )/. and 100l"itude
o IIZ o W. They . include
two organized mining clistricts, the Tintie in
t.h e ccntrol ancl the North Tint.io (including thc
Boulter district) in t.he northern part of the
raoge. The boundnr)' bot.weco thcsc t.wo dis-
tricts is approximately m,u'kcd by the Denn'r
& Rio Grande Rnilroad , which extends "nslr-
ward from En!"eka, the largest settleUlent in
the range. The nrc.l extending .1 few miles
south of the milroad and east· of longit.ude 112 0
5' W. is locallv known 3S the. Eust Tintic dis-
tric.t but is he;o included in t.he Tintie district.
The Tint.ie district prope,' hus long bcen one
of t.hc most productive io U!<lh and hus been
studicd in dctail. The North oml East Tilllie
districts h .. ,e only a few productive mines and
hllvo b,'cn studied only in !"ceonnuis.unce.
These three di~ tricts nre described in a recent
Survey report,' an ubstract of which IS gIven
on pages 396-418 of this p"per.
TOPOGRAPHY.
. The E.st Tin tic ~Io\lltains are mllLurely
dlssc?ted u nd show ev idouce of typicnl block
fuultmg at only tl few places .. Tho highest
penksattoin clevotions of 0\'01' 8,000 fcct.. The
dovution of Tintic Vnlley on the west is about
?,.500 feet nud that of Gosben Valley On the eust
IS 4,500 feet . Tho rnnge is penetmtcd by a
~ew prominent trnnsvorse gulches, in the Ulost
lllportant of wbich are Burek . , nnd 11ommoth
the principII I settlements of the Tin tic district.:
(See fig. 42.) Silver City, the only otber nctive
seU.lement, is 3 miles south of }.laUUIloth at
t.he mouth of u 8m.llcr gulch. These IIr~ nil
fl'.ucbed by the Dcll\w & Rio Grando :\l,d the
Los Angolcs & Salt Luke milronds. Abuildoned
camps and old mill und smelter sites lire Dia-
mond, south of Silver City; Homollsville,
northeast of Eurekn; ond Tintic, to the south-
west ill Tintic Vulley .
.T~ere lire no pcrmonent streams in the Enst
Tintle Mountains, but sen""l SPI'in"" rise ill
the area of igncous rocks olld t\ 0"roup" of thcm
. shlily Oplill' formoti on (see p. 398), and several
1 LIDdgftln , T'lnldelluu, und Loughlin, G, F " 0 ('(1100' ;\nd Oh!!dt}1cr.,ita
at the TluH(I rulnJog dbtrlct: l:. S. Gcoi. SW"\"cy )l ruf. PnJ;~~ 107,1'119.
ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH.
supplies Silver Cit.y. Th o "atpr snpplies of
LOUGHLI ~.
Eurekn , I,be Denver & Rio Grnnne I1nilrond
fln" sevCI"n l mines n.re obtoin('d fl"Om wells and
infillration glllleries dri\'cn in surfn("e debris
o\·c.r rhyolitc nnd in th" rh}'olite itself. The
wllkr supply of Mllmmoth (including Robin-
son) is piped I S miles from Cherry Creek in the
West Tintic 1!ountuins.
TINTIC DISTRICT.
GEOLOGY.
GE!rr~L FEATUllES.
The East Tintie R auge is composed of Paleo-
zoic sedimentary uDd Te,·ti,u-y igneous rocks.
(See fig. 42.) The scdinlent.ary rocks nre
chjefly a qUflrtzite 0\' 0" 6,000 feet thick , ovor-
lain by 6,500 to 7,000 fee t of lin'est<:>ne, includ-
ing a small amount of shale. The igneous
rocks are in pllrt intrusive rhyolite porphyry
and monzonite und in part extrusive rhyo-
lites, Intites, IlDd perhups andesit;lS. The sed i-
mentnry rocks for the most part form a great
nort.h-trending anticline in tbe western pllrt of
the North Tintic distriet Md un IlCcompanyiug
syncline whicb oppe'll"S in the Tintic dist.rirt
proper and the eustem pnrt of the Nort.h Tint.it
district. The lin,b common to both theso folds
hilS steep to vert.icnl dips uod locully even
overturned dips . The wt'Stero limb of the
Ilnt,icline and the eastern limb of the syncliue
have prevailing dips of 30° or less. The fold ing
east nnd south of the Tintic district proper is
Inrgely conceuled beneath volca.oic rO("ks, but. •
smoU part of u.n unticline is e.xpose.d at the hend
of Goshen Valley. The stratigruphy und st.rue-
ture nre compliellted by a Illrge number of
faults , the largest of whicb, in thc Tintic dis-
triet, ure prevolc'lnic lind have had little influ-
ence on t.he distribution und size of ore bodies.
SEDUIENTARY ROCKS.
Tbe sedimeut.nry rocks included Cum brinn,
Ordoviciuo, Devonian, nnd Mississippian strata,
interrupted by uLlco oformities ot or near Ihe
top of the Cambrilln nnd lit tbe buse of tho
Mississippilln.
The Camhri.ln strato include the great
Tintic quart.zite, over 6,000 feet thick, the
limestones nod dolomites. They runge (rom
Lower to Upper Cambriun.
 EAST TINTIC MOU~TA1NS.

LEGEND

IGNEOUS R:)CKS

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POfll.hm'
NOCltF. ·12.-Map showlnJ:: Ibl) n'i.:otlon Or lltW'!i!OJ ~bo ~:JIo,h;, f(!rtt!:.t.tion ~:'n U.l6 Tin~!() i.lblrh~ t.
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398
n1<li.c qUllrlzac. -The Tilltie qUlll'tl.il(' c:<- dist.ri cL.
ten(L~ lI.1on" tbe west f!'Ont of the mnge from
o ,
the ;\llImmoth Ilorl.h"'ard for morc tnnn
mues, fUllilly pitching below the s"rfllec "long
tr.e >lxis of the antie]ine. It is ulso exposed at·
a few plnces south of Goshen Vnlley nnd in
isolnted patch,,:; in tho igneous ureu fJ'nm Mam-
mot.h southward. The typic,,1 rock is grayi,h
DEPOSJTS (IF rTAH.
They nrc also prcsent in the Eust
Tiutic district, where t.hey form th" countr)'
6 rock "round t.ho 'l'intic Stlllldnrd and Enst
Tint.ic Development mines, lind in a fcw smull
nrellS ",hont 12 nllles south of }Jnmmoth. In
tha detnued report I [.hese strn tu nrc Subdi-
vided, as follows, the lowest. heds appeDrin'" al
tho top of t.he list: 0

wh.ite t.o pille piuk, yellow, or brown in <:0101', of
fUle, eVen grain, nnd is composed olmost en-
tirely of quort.:l. Indieutions of bedding ore
absont in lOnny plnces, owing to uuiformity
of eomposit.ion llIul t.o cxccssi\"'c joint.ing. Con·
O'\omcmtc bedti, hOWO\'CI', Ct)~tninjng 11lOSUy
o
pebhlps of vcin qUIII'(zf lind :\ few" ' qUllrt.zIte
lire f"""ll throughout the formatiou, aud n Cew
insignificant ,Jllte blluds 111'\'0 been noted.
The upper beds ure le,,~ puro tlltlll the tl.verage
lind pllS' conJonnnbly but abruptly int.o the
Teuton.ic limestone, Ilu:ned ofl.cr 'feu tonic
Ridge, northwest oC Ellr~kll; 56.5 feet thick:
durk bluish gray; nrgillaceous ; in purt mot.tled,
in purt st.ripe.d with brown, a nd in purt fine:\'
ba.ndcd ; weuthers to light gl'll)'. .
Dngmar limestonc, named nCw,' tbe Dagmar
prope,·ty; tOO feet thick; orgWIlceous; Q,"'k to
medium groy on fresh fmctllre but weather-
ing while; veJ'y finely handed.
Herkimer lim~stonn, named tlfLer the Herki-
mer nropc,·tv;
& -
225 to 235 feet tillek:• arO'illn-
b

shale of the Ophir f"rmation.
'1'hl'l'o 01' foul' miles nort!,,,,,,,,t of EU"ekn, on
tho w(·st. slopo of t.he ridge, the quortzite con-
tllins" IO-foot bcd , greeD whero fresh "ud dark
reddish-brown where weathered, thllt contolns
18.4 pCI' C":1t oC iron. It hus becn mistnken
for the gOSSIlD oC 11 fissure vein.
AltllOUgh no fossils hove been found in the
Tint.ie quart.zite, i't occords in strlltigl·n.phie
posit.iou with other quart~ito beds that u.t'e
known to be Lower Cambrian, Its great
think"e,.;, OV6r 6,000 feet, sugge.ts, however,
thnt its lowor port moy includo some pre-
Cambrian beds.
Ophir jormation.-Above the quurtzite, or
along its c,ustorn bouudory, lies 1\ bnnd 150 to
475 feet thick oC predominntlug grny-green
sh,ues with intorcalated lenses oC dark-blue
ru'gillaceous limestcne, whlc.h L., called t.he
Opl'ir formllt.ion, uCter the Oplli,. , district.
1l.iddlc Cnmbrian fossils ho.vo been found in it
100. feet ubove it.g buso. The sume formu(.ion
at e, fow othel' places ill Utah contlllns Lower
Cumbrinn Cossils in its lowest beds, find the
formntion us " \\'hol~, LhsroCoro, UPPtlU,'S to
IlIark tho trnll8i('iull Crom Lower to 11iddle
Cumbrian.
B,ds o~'erZying tho 0 phil' j orllwtilJ/!.- Above
t.ho Ophir COl'matioo lies about 900 Ceet of pre-
vailingly urgillncoous limestone nnd abou t 710
Ceet oC dolomite, n.l.l of 11iddle C.unbrian nge,
TI1('s~ oeds form ,11 series of piLrn.l.lel north-
south hnllds extending along the westcrn part
of the 'l'intic district nnd into tho North Tintie
COOllS; (itll'k bluish, mot.tlod wit.h brown; closely
resembles parts of the Teutonic limestone,
llInebird dolomite, llfimed 'lfter Blue.bird
Spur wcst oC Eureka; 200 feet thick; da"k
bbc; s?allglcd with short white rod-sh'lpcd uud
branching Ilggregntes of dolom.ite.
Cole Cllnvon dolomite, named after Colo
Canyon west of Eureka; 510 feet t1~ck; alte.-
nating beds of durk-blue mottled or clouded
dolom.ite and DC wh.it.e-wenthcl'ing beds pre-
vailingly oC dolomite; contn.ins :Middlo C,.m-
brian fossils.
Dolomite beds nre continuous abovo tho
Cole Cnn)'on dolom.ite but nre tentat.ively
assigned to t.h o Upper Cnmbri.ln, on the evi-
dence of a few poorly prcs(lrved fossils: They
nre desigru.ted the Opex dolomite, nCwr the
Opex property, whose ext.ensive workings nre
for the most p.lrt in these beds. The exteIl-
sive stop'os of the Centcnn.inl Eurekn. mino
also ..re mostly in this Cormnt.ioJl. The rock
is prevllilingly dark-gray dolomite similnr in
churtlct('r to those oC Middle Cnmbrilln nga,
!lnd olso in'cludes " litt.le light-gJ'ny dolon:ite,
shuly lim<'St.ono, u few thin beds of shnle,
limestone c'()lIglomemte, and quurtzite. Its
thickness where 'l'lollstu'cd is "bout 400 Ceet
but mlJ"~'S
o from more Hmn 4.00 feet down to
almost not.bing. .
The vllrying chnract('1' oC the bosul 0,'<10-
vicino strotu, the presence in them oC ~ceu­
sionul CnmbriaJl pebbll'S, lind t.he great dilfer-
once in thicJ.."Jlcss (1,227 to 3,315 fcot) bet.ween
I L1nd~n, Waldomar, Dud Loughlln. 0, }'., (lP, cit., pp. T,-JI.
 EAST TI~TIC )! OUNl'A tN S.
309
Ibe tipper Cambrinn seeliom, in Ibe TlIlli" , '10 f~"il' I - b f
d in ot.bcl' .
1'('glOlI:-;
. U- t(~1it all illdieato lln
III L ~ S 111\ e Cl' l\ ounrl mnV be (f Sil .
D I t.lrlUll
un or :Ower t'VOwa 11 fig-e.
J

unconformity between Upper Cumbrinll nud

SILU RI.\ S .\ Sf> LOWfm D"'\'O~ LA ~ R\'S'r~nJ ~
Ordovicilln.
onoovrCJAN' SYSTlnl. No Siluriull or LO\\','r DOYOIUUlI sl.rntll have
The Ordovici"ll ;; l·rnl " includo threo divi- beon recognized. If PI'l"',,"I , their Ii tholo"ic
sions, with tl totlll thickne,s of 2,300 1·0 2,400 chnrll olel'8 II1'O similnr 10 Iho;;o of Ihc 01..10-
VIClnll dolomile., ,md Iheir nggreglll,o l.l,ickoess
feet" thut extend ill ptll':lllclllorth-south bnnds
onll 1I0t be OVCI' 400 or 500 (cot..
lhrough the middle plIl't of (,he Tillt,ic districl,
,Illd into tbe North Tintic district. They IIro ON'f.K U'VO~IA~ .y"" ....
"Iso prominent Ilround IIomnns ville 'lnd Pin- P:inymt Pel/I.: l-i.rrtes/oflf..-UpPl'l' De\-ouinn
yon reuk, 3 to 4 miles northeast of E)lrekn , fOSSIls W(u'e found olll,r "long the uppor east-
und occupy an ilrca of less thun u squure mile ern slope of Pinyoll P eak, over milo norLh- 'I
\llong Burriston Cunyon in t.h e Enst Tinl.ic C-IISt. of HOIllonsville. They are conl"incd in
district.. the Pinyon P ea k limestone, " . hll\V limest.one
,1ia
. . < hmes/one. - Tho lowest format.ioll , "bout 150 feot Ihick, siruilul' in" coleII' und
Jlumcd the Ajr." lirllt's tono, "ftel' ~he old Aju., sl.ructlll'O to tho Opohong1l (Or'do\-icinn) lime-
mine, is for the most Plll't 11 ll1lIgDesian limc- stone.
stone characterized by smull nodules nud CA !WO X I}o"'H {Q O$ C'tIS8 1I:'S II· I' I ..\ ~,) ::;'\'STl:~.'t.

l~llSCS of Iight-grny ch ~r t. The uppermos t VictG,';" 2"Q1·/·z;/ •. -1'ho lowest MissL'SippiulI

purt. is vcr,r low ill magnesiu 3nd gl'lldl'S inlO stroltl, cullod (hI) VictOl'ia quul'l-zito, !'l'st.
the midlUe fOl'mo I.ion. Lower Ordovician fos.. uncoluormubly upon the Dovollilln un,1 Ordo-
sils nre pl'esent but very scarce. vicifill. Tho unconformity is m"rked by lit.tle
Opolwnga limes/one.-The Opohongl> lime- or no discordance in dip, but by tho yu'l'iutioll
stOlle, so called uftel' t.ho Opohongu mine, is II in the "go of tho immcd i(Ltcly unde"]ying rocks
shnl.\' limestono of mther light bluish-grllY and by the presence of pebbles of Ordoviciun
color, ,,~th lenticulur bonds and patches of dolomite in the buslll beds of the )1ississippion.
yellowish or reddish brown. Its thickness, The beds consist of more or less cHlcm"eous
where mensured between Mammot.h "nd Eu- quartzite and conglomel'1ltic limestone 8Jld
reh, is 825 feet, but it is considembly t.hicker rell.Ch I> mn.ximum of 85 feet ill thickness.
in- tho North Tintic district. L{)wer Ordovi- Gl1rd'ner dolomite. - Abovo the Victoria
cinn (lleekmllntown) (ossils IlJ'O present. quurtzile lirs tho Gllrducr dolomite (named
Blu ebell a"lomi/e.-The upper format';on is 11ft("r GiLl'(iI1l'r Canyon), which comprises 400 to
called tho Bluebell dolomite after the Eogle 700 feet of prevailingly dolomit.ic dark bluish-
and DIuebell mine, whose oro bodies it con- grny beds, ch(lrnctcrizcd by fossils of Lower
tains, us well as thoso of t.he Gemini, Chief ;\1ississippian ()!Ildlson) nge. The Glll'dncl'
Consolidated, Victorin, Grund Cent.I·,J, nnd contains intrrenlnted beds of black limcstol!e
~]uDlmoth mines. It consists of IUI-crnating and two highly eurbon"ccous beds, tho larger
light lind dark orruy dolomite beds which of which is 100 feet tbick lIod marks tho top
r<semble those of the Cole Cnnyon '(Middle' of the fOl'matioll.
Cambrian) dolomite so c1osel\' t.hllt tho two P.i.ne Ca.nyoll l·imesuJlle.- The Gurdner dolo-
f?rmat.ions hlwe heen c.onfused in plnces, espe- mito is overlnrn by the Pine ~unyon limestone,
ClJilly just north und south of Emclen whOl'c 1,000 fr.r t thick, whl(·.h consists for tho most
f. ulting of gront hori~ontl\1 displRcem~nt hilS part of <hll'k-blu? to bb-ck and fine-grai.ned
brought the two in lille with etich ot.her. The. straUt, chHl'I1ctem<ed by largo nodules and
Bluebell dolomite hO\\,(1ver is decidccU\. the lenses of blnck chert but contninrng in its upper
thicker, l'UJ1ging fiom ubout' 700 to 1,100 feet, purt !JrOminCllt. beds of grH.y coarse-grorncd
tho vurill.lion being due in pllrt to strike pure limestone, ill one af whi ch the fumollS ore
faUlting Ilnd ill pUl't to' un unco~formil.y at body of the" Golomdo Cb~nncl" was formed.
Its. I.op. Fossils found nt different plnces in ~!ost of the ~lIlO Callyon linl.est~ne, aceordmg
thiS dolOluite indien te a ran"o in 0"0 from to its fo.>sil8, IS of Lower Missl>slppnlfi Ilge, but
Lower to Upper Ordovicin.n b (Bcek~antown the upprr 300 feet, approxim~lt~ly, is. teuta-
to Richmond). The uppe!' 400 feet, iu which tively nssignec.l to the Upper AlIsSISSlpplUlI .
 ..
ORE DEPOSITS OJo' ll'.I'AR.
400
F.ARf.Y ],,\T[1'F: OTt AXDES1Tl-: .
IlumbugfomUltion.-The Pine Canyon lime-
stone is overlain hy the Humbug format.ion, a Tho e~is[('nc:e of hiot.ite-augitel:,tite or nn-
series of limestone, shule, nJld sandstone beds desite eudi,'r thnn t.bo rhyolit('s is proved b,
of Upper Missi,sippiilll o.gc. In the Tintic "pccimens collected on tho dump of " shllit.
district it is only 250 fee,t thic.k, hut ill the who:;e upper part i3 in fluidal rhyolite. Th",,"
North Tintic dist.riet, ulong tho WcstCI1l front nmyeorr,,"pond t.o t.he I""n.s exposc<l hcn~flt.h
of tho mnge, it is very mach thicker. rhyolite nenl' t.he Iron Blossom Xn. 3 mine but
nre too t.horoughly ultered to he snti.fuctoril,
idcntifjr(l. They cover an insignificant part ~f
As t.ho sedimentary rocks nrc c1acsined ill the igneolls "res.
morc dehlil in Lindgren 1I1HI Loughlin's report' RIlYOLIrE.
than in the curlier report ' on tho district.,
whieh lul' lll'ell refpn·(·d to in muny p'lbhcn- Threo important. urcas of rhyolite nnd 01.10
tions sine.e IS!)!), the f"llmvillg to.!>le mny be of rhyolito pOl·phyry were mapped during tho
convenient in corrolllt.ing the lln.mrs in both. Ill,;t survoy of Lho district. Tho southern rhyo-
lite, culled tho Fernow rhyolite, unrl tho north-
Town.. ",:w !, ),lIT::, 1'<'?l,.S,) l~t. Ll~O(;';{£S .\ S ll I.Otl(; UIL'> , I ~I IJ.
ern rhyolite, nnnamod, 111"0 not n elll' the prin-
[[lImhus.: formation . . " _. . . UUITlI,ug [or::natioll.
eip,,1 mining eentOl" .wd aTe not described hero.
Pille C:taYQTllimetttone.
Tho middle rhyolite is called tbo Pilcko.rd rhyo-
[ O<'.rdncr dolomite.
GooiYa limc:JtoTlc ..• . .. .. . . .... "IVict.ori:.'. qm'.rtzite. lito, and tho rhyolite porphyry the Sw.nso"
Pinyon P&.lk limeslone. rhyolito. Desides these, thore uro two minor
Dlucbcll doloclw. hodies of rhyolito und !1t leust one horizon of
OPOhcngn. 'imcstcme. rhyolite tuff. One of the minor rhyolito bodirs,
,;\jax limestone.
Opex dclornite. characterized by a murkeJ fluidnl stl1lcture,
eovers !1 s.mall uren east. of tho Iron Blossom
r
l{nmmoth (or E\lrok.1.limestoncr~' BhleiJird dolomite.
Cole C\myon dolomite.
No. 3 mine. It undorlies the rhyolite tuff;
Herkimer limestone. which is ovorlnin by tho Pncka.rd rhyolite, and
Dagmar liooestone.
hy its relations hns been the meuDS of detect-
Teutonic lil'oest.ono.
Ophir iorrult.ion. ing postvolcanic 01' "Dl1sin Runge" .raulting in
Tintic (or Robi~n.J) quartziw . .. 'filltic q Ilurtzite. tho nort.hern part of the prominent ridge 3
miles east of Mammot.h.
IGNEOUS ROCKS. The Pa.ckarrl rhyolite covel" an irregulnr aroa
CHAIUC'f~R .\:s'D ,HiE. of 18 t.e 20 sq",,,re miles north II.nd eost of
Eureko.. North of Eureka, "t Packnrd POlIk,
Th" grontor purt of tho Eilst Tintic l1oun-
which is believed to mllrk the eenter from
tuins 80uth and cust of Eurekl1 is covered hy
which it mupted, the rhyolite is 800 t.e 1,000
Tert.ia.ry "oleunic rocks, with which ilre in-
feot thick nnd mlly once havo beon twice flS
cluded "few noeks 01' stocks ond dikes. Thoy
thick. Sevoml rlwolite diko3 have beeh noted
consist for tho most purt of rhyolite, monzo-
both "t tho s nrfo.;e neur Packurd Peak ond in
nit{l, Intite, perhaps. nndesite, nnd minol' basfllt.
some of tho mines neal' EUl'oka. Other dikes
The soquence of eruptions is, so fllr ns mown
.
(·nrly ·lllt.to or Hndesite, rhyolites, muin Intitc-
' hove been found in the East Tintic district aud
neur Pinyon Peak. Contacts with the moin
Illldesite group nnd monzonite, bnsult. The
illtite-Il.ndesito series nlong its eustern llud
o"uptions took ph,cc long "fter tho sedimen-
sout.hom bounrl.1ries show the P.wkarrl rhyolite
tllry rocks hud b"cn folded nnd fn.ulted Hnd
to bo tho oldor rock. The typicul rock i; pink
e.roded into topographic forms much like those
of to-duy. l{) gl'l1y, in plnces brown or d.uk purple, and
distincUy porphyritic. Whore altered it is
I (knlQ(,.ry and oro dePQ;dtJ of tIm 1'inUo lUlnL", district; U. fl Oool light greenish grny to white. The groundrnllSS
8un"vr hot. Pllpcr 107, 1~1').
•Tow;u-, 0., W. ~ Jr.• IlJld Sl~li.tll , O. 0 .. 0('\)10";1 and mlnu1e Industry is fer tho most pl1rt st.eny (wholly or por\l!
()' thoTlnlledl$~I. :tJt4h: U. I. Gl"'Q'. Sun;~)' Kinuletoth Ann. RI!{lI.., microcrystalline) but noor the upper contact IS
pt. 3, pp. ool-767, 18I)'J.
• Ulooed In Tower, O. '\\-.. k. llulI 81llIU., G. 0., tT . S, Oro!. Sur... o\" 10c'l11y 0. black t.e grny glass. Tbe visible min •
Oc6l. ALhi. Tint'o SJlttlal~" (N'o, 5-i), It«l. . ercls, phonocryst.s, uro feldspms, quartz, and
 F,,\ST TINTIC :\{Ol.:'N'TA.J NS.
401
IJiotito. Plu,;ioci35o. fiS shown I,v the mi"ro- I PCllknel'k 2 mt·Ir.'" th t f \ ' 0 Ien no I"\ IfIfrC'
•. • ' . . t ,~ nor .. r.IlS . 0
SCOP", predomi1lu tr.s over ' orlhoelase
. (,"1l ,,11Il
.'~) (4) '1U~itc-hvpo~th
o.. . .~
I t't th fl. t HIIl\T h 0 "l'C-,
0110 a ·1 l~S
although potu$h exce~c1< 50,Iu In tho chol1Ucal l~ted to t.he pl'incipnl monzonit.o "Io,'k;t Silver
P.J)all'sls, wruch lmp.~os that a cOIL-'U cl eruble City. Bo,ides thl'So thero fire in t.he cllst.ern
p.mount of pot.ash eXISts JJ: the gl'OunllmclSS. po.rt of the region lalit,.• chnl'ltctorize<l bv
Quartz occurs 1Il gln .sy gl1\Il\S, mnny of them b"own hornblenuo that WlIl'e probably erupted
irregllhn' ond somo ,nt.h mlher wdl·definerl from un ·unknown vcnt,
crrst.l outJines, . Tho.ugh lcss "bund~l\t thun Tlw latito erupted fl'<lln tho SUIll'iso Peuk
tho fold sp'\rs It IS ":'J(I~,pr:'''1 ,md IS 1\ (\is- neck is tho mo,t widespread ro,'k in tho "rou
tinguililing chal'l\ctol'Jstlc 01 the P,\ckanl and studied. I t. oxtonds northward as fur as t.ho
S\\,II1lSea rhyolites ns compo red with the other Iron J31osso m mines, ellst of U " mmot.h !lnd
ignoous roc:;'s of the district... Biotite fOlms nortlWllstwI>rd probubly liS rur as tho eJue of
twic"1 six-sided crysbu " 1fngnctite, nplltite, Goshen Vulley, Near Sunrise Pcnk it is
zircon, and locally brown hOl'Ublendo !tNJ minor mU"8i\'e nnd is not readily distingu.ishud from
constituents , Where the rock is altered tho the rock in tho neck. At great!'!' dist,oncrs
plagioclase is changed to se!'icito, co.lcit<l, and its extrusive character is morc mA.!'kou . Tho
dJUlcedooic qUal'tz, aod the biotito La chlorite frosh rock is .Iark-greenish or brownish gro.y,
(dolessitel), but . the other minemls are not won.therillg to rust.y or to ehalky whitc. It.
conspicuously changed. Chn.leerlony or op,~l, is dODse and porphYl'it.ic, containing pheno-
an,l locally 'tridymite, c"lcite, !tud heultuHlite, crysts o( plclgiocl!lso, biotite, unrl n minor
fiU ftow portings o.nd fm cttlres, amount of ll).Jgito. Tho gl'oundmuss in speei-
The Swanse,\ rhyolit.e is Iln intrusive hody mons taken from t.h" lower part o( Sunrise
nCfirl)' three-fifths of !l mile long ant! 'lVol'llging Pe'lk is microscopically but completdy <:1')'8-
ono·fourt.h or a mile wide, between Rohinson tallin c, find consists of plugiocins(), hiotito,
nnd Silvel' Cit.y. A few rlikos or it h,we hean minor augito, or(.hochlSC, '1Ullrt?, ntHI the
(olmel La tho north , prineipn]Jy in deep mine usual minor tlcco.osory mi.wJ'tlls. At t.ho sum-
workings, IUld one rutho.' l"'r~e inclusion of it· mit of SunrisJl Peuk !lnd in t.ho nl'ighhoring
'v~s found in t.ho odjl\cen t monzonite, which is area the groUlldmu..'<S, liS seen under the
• later intrusion. The Sw",nse,~ rhyolito i:; mieroscopo, is gl.\Ssy and no ort.hoel nso or
.imillll· to th" Packurd rh"olito in color anJ qunrtz is recognized. AltcfaUon min ernls are
mineml composition hut. l~eks the structures qual·tz , soric.ito, epidote, chlorit.e, nnd erueite.
chumclerist.ic of extrusive roeks. It L, on Of tho In.t.it.f''S wit.h promincnt hypor;thene,
tho wholo more highly porphyriLic, and its OGO woll exposed on Tinlic ,Mountuin, the high-
gr<lundmass in most pillces is moro thoroughly cst peuk in tho region and a.hont Smiles south
crystollized. Altemtion to ehlorite, sericite, of :llammoth, is of special interest as it. covers
quartz, sud pyrite is prevalent, At. one place, an extensivo areo. and rcpre,~nts tho latest
in the Swp.nS61l mine, tourmA.iino is present.. eruption in Lho mfl.in pal·t. of the runge. It is
similar in minol'ulogic and chemicul compo-
Lt\TI1't:-A~· DJ.;S [Tl: SERlF.S.
. sition to the monzonite stock at Sih-er City,
So far .. "hemical <ie t.c1'minntions hnve boen wruch is yOUllg01' than tb<> stocks (mm othor
made the members of t.he latite-nndesit.o se- kno"ll voicJUJie vonts. It eOllsists of plogio-
n.. a;" Illl lotites, but it is vory possiblo that cluse, augit e, hypcrst.heno, o.nd a littlo biotite,
tlte), tocludo andesites also. The sories covers with lllicroseopic magnctite and opo.t.it.o in a
by.for t.he groatcr part of the rango (rom the minutely Cl'ystnlline to glassy groundmas.~.
latitude of Mammoth sout.hward. The se-
quenee of orupt.ions, which hus been studied
~ detail Ilt only " (0\, plaeas, is, so (ar as Tho monzonito forms IJ. moin stock occupying
known, (1) lotito tu1T and breccia erupted from a eonsiderablo are.l between Mammoth and
an explosive vent at tho west end of VolclUlo Silver City and 11 small arca across the gui?h
Ridge, just sout.h of the arell shown in figure 42 ; to tho south; also a minor sLock a short d,S-
.(2) augite Io.tito erupted from tho same vent; Laneo to t.he northeast n""r the CarislJ. minc,
~3) .lD.onzm.Jito porphyry and rolat"d biotitc- Several associated dikes a1'Ofound in tho neigh-
IIglto latltc flows erupted through the Sunrise horin" mines and in the limestone area eust of
3il41W-l!l--26
"
 ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH.
402
them. The monzonite, i~ intrugiyc into all In figure 42 only the largest fnults nro shown.
ot.her roeb wi th which it is in conlaet, and is 3[08t of thorn t.rend northeast., nort.hwest. or
economically t.he most important igneolL' rock east. Smnller east~west. faults are \"ory I1bun-
in tho disl.riet, for it is believed to mark tho dunt. Soveral north-south faults lire known to
sOlue" of I·he ore deposits. Areal study shows exist but are not readily found ou tho surface
that lit the t.imo of the monzonite intrusiou because t.hoy coincido with tho striko of I.he
tho present sW'fllcc Ill'ound "r.mm oth was stra I n.
co"cred hy 2,000 or 2,500 feot of volCfLDie Tho eurliest, fault, recogillzcd nro mosily
rocks, which nccOlmt for the rel"tiyc!y deop- compression fnults formed by the ioldin;'
soated chlll'uctor of tho monzoillte. forces n.ft.or the shapes of tho folds had bc[\~
The rock whoro fresh is durk smoky gray determined. They include local overthrust.
10 purple, but whore wenl.hered is for thc most and accessory CIUlt-west. faults along the enst
p"r!, light gray or greenish gray, wi th brown boundary of the Tintic quurtzite and most, of
and pink vllri"tions. It is modium Aven the prominent faults of northeastwnrd and
gmincd t·o mlhor porphyritic. PlugioclflSe nor(.hwestward t.rends in tho limest,one area.
IlUU I\ugitc or hornblende "ro tho most con- Owing to tho fiexiblo cbaracter of tho shnle in
spicuous minoral. . Orthoclase is abundunt tho Ophir formation fow if any of these faults
bul, is not rencHly identi6ed without a micro- cross it. The movements of blocb along nli
scopo. QUI\l'tz nnd biotite nre also conspic- of theso fnulLs appcllr. to ha\"o beon genernliy
uous undor tho mictosr.ope but are only minor enslward, involving a considemb!'o horlzonl.nl
constituent s. "[ost if not 011 the hornblende IlIId sarno upwnrd displnC<lment. The l ..rgesL
is secondary after aug ito .Illd perhaps hypel'- norizontal displacement (nearly 2,000 feet)
sthono. Altel'ul,ion b of tho sume type as in is in tho fault zone th"t obliquoly crosses
tho tilLites hut i::; mol'O int onse nUll.1" t,ho morn EurcklL Gulch, North~,ollth fnlllts also WN'O
inl]10rt,ant, voins. probnbly 10l'mod nt this time but are noi
"finor vnl'ill.tions of I.be monzonito include readily dist.inguishod on the surfnco. A num-
" highly quart.zoso phll30 de\"oloped around a .bor of east-west faults \\'el'O also formed, some
ltll'go quurt,zite inclusion, a small sogregation n.ceessory to t.he strong norlheas t und sout.h-
of olknlie grllnito, and a s),cnit.ic phaso con- west f!lults, othol'S more closely reluted to
tnining negidtr-nugito fOlmd at !l dolomite oast.wllrd bulges nlong Ihe qunrtzite eontact.
cont.nct rwnl' t.he: Cllrisu mino. After tho folding poriod the tendency of
Ihe rocks, now rolioved from compression, 1.0
OASALT.
oxpand, gmdual loss of frictional heut, nnd
Tbroo amlll! bodies, probably inlrusiveshcots, gradunl isostlltie readjustment Illl conl,ributed
of olivine bilS"lt wera found during tho carli or to tho development of tensional 01' normnl
sw'voy at House Butte, 8 miles south of fllulting. This faulting was chiefly nort·h-
Mummot.h alld 1 ·~ miles west of Tintic Moune south and east-west, and was marked by the
tBin, . Their geologic relations are obscurod seUling of eortuin blocks und tho lilt.ing fllld
by talus aceumulutions, but they IU'O belioved convergenco, or divorgencc, of adjac.cn t blocks.
to bo liLtN' th.m the lntitc-nndesito series Such faulting can be provod only whero ex-
wilieh surrounds thorn, rmel t.bey mny b0 tho posures are ..bundnnt und otherwise ilLvorublo
younges t 01 ul! t.h" ign eou" rocks. for the dotection of fnults, hut there is no
ren80nllblo doubt Ihllt they 111'0 prc ... ulent
FAULTS .
throughout tho dislTic\..
Five poriods of fnult.ing elln bo rlis(.in~uished The network of faults all'D'lely formed, and
in Lhe Tiutie district: (1) During tho folding of the general settling dong them, gavo conditions
the st.rlltu i (2) fifted olding but be(or<> volcauie fnvomblo t{) vokunic eruption, The pressuro
actint.y; (3) dm:ing volcanic activity; (4) forcing up tho hI'!' columns, besides prying
cl?Soly rOu?"ing volca nic activily but before apart t.he strat,. to some extent just north of
m~noru10M~on ; nnd (5) distinct.ly lat'lr tban ~ra=oth Gulch, wus sufflcient to cnuso fur-
IDmcmlizutlon. These periods Were no~ aU thor movement along existing fnults, as well
shurply Scpul'"ted from ono onolhor, and nlong liS to produce new f(wlls. Tho prineipnl fault-
"ome fuults rno vernon.s I nrc kn- oWn to h ave '
Illl~ at t·his timo took plnco aroun d t h e mon-
(.uk'''1 pI nee ,luring moro than one of t.hem. zo~( o stock t (hou~h
oo
f"ul tin ~ mny. ~Jso h.\·o
 EA~T TINTIC 'IOCNTAlNS.

lI'red in I.he vicinity of Packnrd P'~ill{.

OCCI ., f I' I SI.ill in progress in some parts of 'litah. Somo
Tho.princip:,1 dlrl' cl.lOl.l 0 (lSI' 1l00Cmon!. along
oi the Tint.ic ore bodies nrc cut bv 1l0~tmincral
some of thcsl'Juult::; was upward, as ",long t~c
fi:;su r<'S or hr"ecin.tod by post~i~crnl mon'-
Sioux Ajllx IIIUlt., whoso totul vcrtleal tho-
ments along older flLUltS, and Ilt Il few plllccs 01'"
~Juccmont i. tiS much as 1,500 feet, although bodies h,wo bCI'1l clearly rusplnl'cd ; but at
p,,,t of t his may ho u uo to IDm'I'.monl. tI t "om.e nOlle of \.IIl'so plnces has the amount, of fa uit.in""
ellrlier pr-riod. Aloog other faults th0 hon- been g'l'rnt enough to intprfCl'Q sC'riotlsly with
zonlal enlDponont of displue~mont WllS more tho follo\\~ng oro bodies.
pronoUJJcerl. .To thi;; group 1",long t~c fllult At least, ono fault wno of t.hll nnSUl Ruuge
trcndinO' Jlort.h-northMst t hrough t,ho Emora.Jd type is known to exist ill t.he region. This
and Gr~nu Cootrnl mines Hnd t.ho fllult trend- is at the nort,h ~ nd of the latit.c-nnclesito rielg,'.
~~ nOlthwurd t.hrough t.he Opox mino. where 3 to 4 miles east o{ Mommot.h. Tho physiog-
il.is known us the " P"rt.ing ." and the Centon- raphy at n fo\\' rh>ces sUb'gest, tho presence
ninl Eurek .. mine, whero it is called tho ., East of ot·her feults of this type, especinlly along
Limit." Along hoth of t.bese f"ults t·ho etlsl- the rungo lI'ont nbout ':3 mile,s northw,,,t of
em w.1I monlu northward, or nway {rom the Eurokn, bu t nil direct st·ructurul evidence
monzonit e. at theso plttces is concealccl.
Thoro is e.idonco th"t ot.hor fowts, o[
rL1STOny AXD PItODUCTJON .
grMter displ,lcemont th"n t.hose just men-
tioned, were formed by tho upwlU'd pressure Dr V. C. TI,,," ...
of the rising monzonito mngmn aud were IfETALLUROro DEVELOPXJ:RTS.
largely oblitorated by t,ho "stoping" oelion of OE~'RAL :'''.lTUn"•.
tho mllgml\, which reduced tho fllult },Ioeks Owing to t.he poor trnnsport."t,ioll facilities
ncnr the fawt lines to groups of Inrgo ineillsions t.he development of the mines in the l'il.lt.ic
in monzonit.o. Av"i1ublo ovidence fl.t t,ho pres- dist.rict wus uot 1'81'id unlil 1878, whon tho
ent surfllco indieotos t,h"t tho monzonito stock railro"d {rom Sult Luke Cit,y reached Ironton,
made room [01' itself principolly by thrusting 5 rni.Jes from Enrt,ku. Howev"r, tb c"e wus
r.part and fawting nw"y the "djllcent rock considemble nctivity in mining the richest
mllSSCs and to " less though considerable of tho orcs no"r the smfllee und shipping
,,\ient by "stoping." them to San Fmnr:.isco, Cal., to Reno, Ne,·.,
)fore fissuring or f~ulting took plnce afte..- tho to nalt.iroore, Md., ond e"en to Swnnso",
cessation of volc"nic e,uptions, "nd is preseut Willes. Luter, most of tho ores were shipped
both in igneous and sedimontary rockE. It is to :\rgo and Pueblo, Colo., and to the Sillt
Rf.ulbuted ill port to contruct.ion of tho igneous Lnke "Iulo,' smelters. Tho 10wor-grRde orcs
rocks, espeeillIJy the monzonite, ILnd to the were treated at mills and smeltors in the dist.rict
geneml cooling '01' all the roeks in the district., at first with indilferent success, IlS tho re.due-
also to furt.her sottling movements to comp~o- Lion processes were not fully adapted to them.
sate for tho great amount of hwa pOlITed out , Ores taken frolll tho immediato suria.ce w~re
upon the surface, os "'ell ns to the isostnt.1C "'ad- ; honciled in II.mnl"amat.ion plants, though ont.lre
i?stmmt that may have been going or:' c,'er ' success "'liS pro~cnted by Lho n},undance of
SlDee the cessation of folding. No f"w ts of ' .wtimony in the ores, which caused tho mor-
great dispJacement are 1.-1I0WII to havo been ; cury to flour, Tlus was o\,(,,'COIDe to n hlrge
fOl1lled at t.his tille. The development of new, . oxtent. by rousting 01' chIOl;cLizing.
open fIssur('S, howe\-e,', as woll as the reopening .
of ccnuin older fuwts, Wus a. l:lrge fnctor in
detNOIiuing the courses of the minortllizing A small mill nod It smolter wero erected
selut,ions, whoso period of activity is believed to sinlwhlDeonsly in 1871 at Homlins,'illo, about
hR\'e followed shortly alt.cl· thnt of tho monzo- 2J miles cast of Eureka. Owing to tho rcfrae-
nite intrusion. t.;ry nuturo of much of the oro, mining wus not
Tho fiu.ol period of fissul'ing or fuulting was It SU(,c.css und slDelt ing ",us tried fre~uently.
thll\. dUling which the Dasin Ranges wel'O devel- The fust smelter, the Clllr.kso~, w~.I:h WM
oped. This period can not bo sh"rply sepamteu begun by the Ut.uh Smelting & IIhlhng Co.
(rolII that next prcceding and is known to be on Juno 17, 1871, I,urnedout 172 tonsohih-or-
 -
ORE DZPOSTT,:; Of UTAH.
404
lead bullion in 60 dll fi'. Th., orr5 smelt.erl . cess. tho grcut"r economy in .hipping ores to
wero from t.he Scotia,' SWnniol'll, and Eureka I.ho ,mch!'-I"; (",ur Salt. .Lll{e led to tllO nh"n-
mines. iVtt:1' produ('.ing sevcml hundred t,01l5 donrnt'nt, of IOC'fll ~mell Lng.
of lend hullion, t.he plant WIlS door,,1 >lnd mm'ed "'LLIN" .
nwuy in 1872. Ot.her smolt.ing flmt(J.crs were The fil'"t mill IVIIS sta.rt"d nt I-Iomtln~\'ille ior
en,dcd ut DiaJllond City a.nd rlln on orcs from the treatment of Eureka mine orcs in 1872
the Showers mine Hnd other ores obt.ained by u..~ing 1,he tl.rnn.lgamfl.1 ion prON' SS. If.. hud ~
purchuse. ~h(,rrilll t.r('.uted contained 50 pI'" capadl.y of about 2.5 tons of ore PCI' du b t
cent of lead and ~80 in silver per t.on.' Two did vcry little work. A second mill orec[d u,
' - b - II f . . , e n,
f urnael'S wera er~ct(O(I Itt GaSHen In ,t e tn 0 i Homausvlllc by an OhIO eOl'porut.ion enl["d the
1874 un<l ('flU at Ult e,;,,,ls. for six mont.~s, pro- Wyoming j\[ining &; Milling Co., stlll·toed· Jall-
duclllg 7} ""riouds of DuBlOn and one at copper uary, ISn, 011 ore from tho old Wyoming mine'
n~lltt.e, hut <li,1 not provo successful and were uftol'wUl'd the ~Qgle (pal't of the Eagl() nnd
dismlLnt.l~d. In IBn t ho ~f'\Dl_rnot. h-Coppe~- Blue Boll). This Ill,ne provod u diilappoint-
opohs built ' u smeltery of t.wo tw·oaw., eneu ment Illld I.ho company bought ot.her mine.,
of 12 tons eupacit.y pel' 24 hOUl'S, ot Hose\'illo, among th"m probaoly theSunbonm,' Ilnd milled
6 mill'S from tho llline., nnd operuted it. for scv- m.uch ol'e. Tne Wyoming mill "'fiS cqtlipped
eml months, produc.iJ!g L26 tons of hluck 1'01'- With 10 stamps, -1 llmnlgumuting p"ns, and the
P"", eOlltrlining 90 pCI' cent of copper 'lnd SOIne fJl'St Stctcfeldt ehloridizing roas t"r furn n.cc 0:
gold and silver, wort.h in nll 8252 pel' t.on. 30.-ton c~po.c ity erec ted in Vt.all. The mill j,;
Endy in 1882 tho MnlUmoth (Crismon) Co.,, srud to_ a"Ve be<'1l the only one l\t thnt t.illlo
IIft"r some cxporimont.in", erected two mutt.ing SUCl·.C&~lul, 11-' lill the ot.hCl· lllill~ used free-
fUl'l/aees ,wd "ft.cr t.c"t.ill~' them dosed (lawn it s milling mathod~ and fuiled on all ores except
27-sh,mp mill ulld built addition"l furn"ccs. th~e from tho lmmcdlll.t o surfuce. Antimony,
Eight, with II duily cllpucit.y of 8 tons of orB whi"h .\Vus the chief trouble, "'flg ovorcome,
o:Lch, woro in 0pcl'll~ioll in 1882, convert.ill'" 5 ~ccordlng to Col. Lo(:ke, by thorough chJOl';diz-
tons of orc iuto I 1.011 of mlltlo U[; II ~ost of ~12 lllg Illld dnying orr the chloride by steam. Ore
pel' ton of oro. Tho numbel' of fut'llllcCS was of t.ho cl?S9 that tho mill could trOll!. WtlS mined ,
incrensed t;o H 'ollrly in 1884 lI. nd "refinery hn.d usuully In sroall!o(.q, by j "ssC(" and ha.nle~ to
ncudy heen completed when Opcl'lIt.ions cnmc tho plnut., lUltl was IUIlled only whell sufliclellt
10 n stnndstill. Tho comptlu)' "'liS I'eported to or~ ~ad accumuluted for 11. run. The mill ron in
llllvo been hen"ily in dehl. In l.he eurly part thIS III tcrnutl('nt. wily untIl 18 i S, when it clooed
of UlS6 some calcining furnnccs, newlyere'ded, heclluse Its Io.rg,,,,t shIpper, t.h~ C:Ismon-\(am-
were reported working woll on ~funuuoth orc moth nllne, .attempted to mIll Its own ~re.
~nd wcro shi~ping matte to Argo, Colo., hut. in B~tweell Apnl29 ?-"d ,Julle, 1877, the WyODlJng
8cpternhor 01 the Sllmu YCilr thev wero 1'" DlJll trented 01'0 trom the Cl'lSmon-Mltmmolh
d
nounced .Il. foilure. No furt.her smcll.ing is IUIne. eggrcglltmg 1,?07 tous containing ~go!
'- 0 - .

rC'~)fded In tho dist.rieL UJ"lt.i] laOS whe th o and sUver. Of fhis, .,47 t.oos ussayed $11.14 In
'1"rnt.1C. SmcItm" . Co. ~rcct.nd furollces
"
' t "i]n e ""'Old Itn d·')
0 u VOl' oilli "-.""6 ounces 0 f Sl'1vel' per ton. "os
. d'
'( t
.
Cil.y for treuting lead tllld copper orcs from Jl. I ng comparues Id not pay for gold preVloU3
number of the Knigl1t 1nines. Berol'e (.he close to. 1~7G, ~lld lIS no. JlSSays wc r.o made by the
of the yellr ~wo bld f tu"' cas of . f DllIlers, except for silver, the rrull rrulD had the
.,
250 t.OrtS cuch wero ouem!'n'"
.u' , a dCupuClI.y a ad t
vll.n age.
I '
t was this that cl>used the mllle
.
' . I '" nil n copper owners to tt t t mill th . I
f Ul.rt/lce WtlS ahout rcndy t.o bo laced' . ' . a a.m p a . ell' own orcs. n
Il~ioo. Two Il.ddit.ionlll lood f p . _ III 01'.91 - the spnng of 1874 CoL Locke took charge o{ tbe
four in a.ll woro add d' 1 Ul'lluces, making WyolUlng mill, and in Februllry, 1877, he PUI'-
unt.i] Oct 'be' f i e III 909 and opemt.ed chased it_ Afterwa.rd it was bought by the
T' t.' So.' a t. Int .scur. Although the Tintic Mining & ~Wlin'" Co_ who reopened it
1n .1O mchmg Cu. Ilch ,e,' cd technologic sue- on .July 14, 1880. Al~r this tho charges {or
T:~=tl~. R. W., 9taUsUC:II or tl1loas ODd ralnl.,c In tbe Eibi..~ Ind working the ore weI"O 825 POl' ton gua.raUlteeillg
" .... l"IrtoftbeRoclcylrlollntJUns rorlS7 1 p 317 172
• lla}'T1lOnd, R. W.,ldom fnr 1m n. :r." 1-" " , ~ .
80 per cent m . b uUlOn
. of the assn'V vaIue 0 {.L we
I PI1wclo •" , .. ,.... -
'!_....... I ...,..
~. r of Mlnt &p&.. U))(JQ prvductlon of prt!CloU:-! m-=r!tJs. IS52. .'n. • Pn..dolLll11ollll!4: TellUl ~ C". S., "01 . 13, p ..1-16, 1.sM.
I Dinoct.orof MlatRcpt "I~ rod ~Io ·T<Jlvl)r. O. W., Jr" alld S.nith, 0, 0., '1,1, S. 01.'01. Sar"Q1 HI1M'"
G~, I~H. . P th: n ('If' pro'!'(jot\ll 1""'141:., !&':I, {l. h~(,n'h .\00 . nl'pL, pI. 3, p. 7:11'1, 1899.
'St."lwm'~nl b;: Col . I.oclro 1.00. F . l.ou ,hllll, lby zG, lOll.
 EAST TTNTI C ~roUXT,UNS. •
405
ilvor nnd also of t.ho gold jf it e.~ rced('d ~10 i.ng G.i. cons tl'Uct ed a 20-mile pip~ line from
~r ton. The proriuct ' of this mill whjle unrior CheITY Creek ann 1\ pumpin" pl'Ult with ,~
C'()1. Locko's mnl\llgcmcnt, from the Rpring of cnpncity of 600 gnllon~ IX'r m.i~ute, the whole
1874 to tho spring of 1878, wos ~:39,059 gold at n reported cost of 8130,000. During tho
nod S241 ,112 silver, re('overcd from 3,261 tons Sl\IIlo year, the const.ruction of fluurt" nlills wns
of ore. In 1881 this mill again begll.t\ opcra- resumed, nod in 1895 four pau tlm:J.!glLmlttion
tiolls IWd worked on fmstom ores, mostly {rom plants were opcrnting in the distric.t- Eurekll
the Northern Spy ore, tllmos t eont.iuuou, ly up Hill, 100 . t<lmps, dnily capo.cit.y 250 tons ;
b 1886. Bullion Beck, roller mills nod concontmting
In 18i3 before purchnsi.ng the Wyolni.ng mill plaut, du.ily cnpllcit.y 200 tons; :\:f.\mllloth, 60
the Tintic G.i. huilt the Miller mill with 10 sttlJD.ps, daily capllcit,y 180 tons; FtLrrclJ or
siamps, wot crushing, for custom work) uenr SiolLx mill, 20 "t,nmps, dll,ily capacity 60 tons.
Di","ono. Leaching' \Va, unsuccessfully at- The M"nunot.h Md the FI"tdl mills, Ilt Rob-
tempted hero in the spring of 1879. Tho Shoc- inson, operated \>ery successfully on 10\"01'-
b,.id~e or Ely mill, built 6 miles south of grade ores, shipping both bullion II,nd concen-
DilUllond in 1873 {Ot' custom \vork, hlld 15 tmtcs. The richer Ores Werc shipped to t.he
stlllllpS and I Aiken rOl\sting (ul'lln.co, 'md smelt ~rs no.nr s.ut Lako Ci t" find elsewhere.
"'Ill irregularly until FcbrulUy, 1877, when the L:\tel' the smelt ers and oro bir"J el'S offored bot-
compuny fnUed.' Tho H'Ult and Douglas tel' prices and the rnih'onds lower rMes on
process WIlS introduced in 1876. Th c property some t I' of .thot Oros
, _, I
milled,
f mill making
d -II itth,Ul obj
till.ect
w.\9 bought by,. S P .EI ' y 10 · II;' 78, ' W h0 I'nn It . us 0I st up lllSI CiJ.u 0 I
d tUlIn lw 1899 0'h 11 Ilng .
. . 0 b d P an s wero soon C ose. _ , e 8 Up-
a custom mill between oto or, 1878, nn pin mine wero . t.he Mammoth i3ullion
September, 1879. The process used nt the ' Be 1- Cen';.,nniAl EIU'ek.1 Grll.nd' Centrnl
mill hIlS been described by Raymond... Ge~, Eureka. Hill, SWI\llS~I1, South SWl\llSea;
In 1873 the ],f~oth-Copperop?lis 0>., at Gocliva, Humbug, Uncle Sam, SiolLx, Sunbeam,
nbont the snme t1l1le 01' shol'tl~ bet ore It ~Oll- Ajll,:'<, -StilJ' Consolidnte d, Four Aces, Cllrisn,
Slr~cted Its smeltel:, erected l'Illl~1 at Rosevlllo, Joe Bowers, Mlly Day, Northern Spy, Ellgle,
6 mIles from the =0,' but soon lound that the Treasure Hill, Lower Momllloth, Tesora, Aluskll,
large qUMtity of copper in the ore impeded Showers G.insolidated, Boss Tweed, Uta.h,
operations very much. Tho mill hnd n ~pnc- Rabbits Foot, nod Silver Po.rk. Tho Tintic
ity o( 22! tons of ore pel' 24 hours. Iron mine shipped in 1899 n eurly 600 cers of
The Crismon-Mammoth 27-stnmp mill ' wns iron oro to be used as filL'e.
built 8 miles south of the mine between Dc- In 1905 concentration mills were built on the
umber" 1876 nod Februru'YI1879 , and WIlS GodiYa und Uncle Sam properties, . using wa.tor
closed ill 1882. In 1891 a 15-st,nmp mill, piped 2 miles from HomaOSVllle. The Uncle
equipped by John Shettle to treat Mammoth Sam mill WIlS also operated by the May Dny G.i.
ores by the ILti\";ation process, WllS treating some time later. Attempts made by I~.sseos of
doily 40 tons nssl.ying 18 ounces of silver per the Mny Dny property to dry concentrate the
ton, e.nd 15 1ll0ro.stlll11PS were being "dded.' ca.rbonate ore by ~ process patented by DIetz
'I'\.! _ mill Co . ill
- &; K eedy resulted Jl\ I1\ "ery good
~JJJ8 was so Id to t h e T'mtlC . l'J.1illlIg
H"I:_
h grade
Id of c.oru- d
~Iny 1892 d k d N h S site c{)ncentratcs. n 1913 teo ore . an
aye ' ~i ") fin, WOr -e . ort ern py ore ta.iling dump of the May Day was treated in a
,,~ng $.0 ill gold Iilld silver. cy anide plantopernted by Icssees. In the later

r
.""tveen ISS6.and 1893 nel\rly all of the m.t of 1013 a mill was completed to treat th"
l!Iines Were shippmg ores to the smolters, nnd w
aUmntcri,d not high enough in gmdo to Wllrmnt BOl -gr. G.ilorllrlo Beck Tunnel Black Jo.ck
nde orcs of the Knicrht mines (the Iron
trlbS rt . . 1 t ossom, , !.'
d po ·atlOn was n~UTDull\tillg on t Ie WI:S e Drngon, find S,voIl8eo,) ~y the K~lght-Chnst en-
IlDlps, no Witter belllg aVIl,],tblo for Illliling sen process of chloridlzlIlg, roast1l1g, and lench-
them . . In 1893, however, tho Mammoth Min- iog, ",wch WIlS snid to be exc.eJI"nt.Jy a.d.apted
..........
.,.. tnecak: Teo\.b Co.t1'SUs l..-. S. , vol, Il, p. 10M, Iss.;, to a mixture of oxidized,f sulphIde, d{t and
l SIliceousf
~"',M"'. materinl thot could be 011110 rom Ie ore~ 0
:~ .... P. "-8.R. W., 8(atb1Jes o~ alint'tl :uId nunblg tn tho Stl\~C$ o.nd th e..;;o romE'..
J'lDI!Dd, . s Bofol'e certain mechaDlcal diffi- d
1':1-"" oil"" n ocky >loueli<lns lot "''>' p. 305.1817. culties could be overcome tho plant wos e-
• "" --d. lI. W.• Id... r" ""'. p. 27'.1<1<.
&. llDd l6n. Jour., .1>1. .i2, Orl..1 I~l.
I. stro"ed
J
b)' fire on April 6, 1015.
 -
• ORI'; DEPOSITS OF UTAH.
406
nRY on SII,lCEOUS onES .
RC(,onstrudiol1 wos hegun on the site uf the
nhnndoncd Tin(.i" smeller in Jul y, 1915, hy the The dry or siliceous orcs comprise gold and
Tintic Milling Co., newly orgauized and repre- silyer or<~S pl'oper, fluxing ol'p.s cf\nying COll-
sent.ing 11 consolidutillu of tho Knight-Christen- sideruble qunntities of iron nnd manganeso
sen ~[etallurgicnl C(•. lind the 11.ines Ope1'l1tmg ox ides and vpry smull quo\llf.it.ics of gold nnd
Co., which opel'o.ted successfully for two youl'S silvel', aud gold nnn. silver bearing ore'!:; can~~rin{1
Ilt Plll'k City , usi,,'"
0
tho Holle-Del'll pro('~ss
•
of lead 01' zinc in quantities too low to pl'l1nit tilCn~
ronsting. The new mill is cquippc<1 wlth one to he c11l;sifi"d as copper, Icud, zinc., 01' mixed
Cbristcnscn und three IJnlt-Del'n ronstors and ores. The cout.ributol'S of the dl')' 01' siliceous
wus in cxpcrimentul opl)ratioll ill Lhc spring ores fOl' t,he period wer6 the Gl':llld Centrlll,
of 1016. The orcs t<:> be (.I·cated con(.,\in from Victoria, Dragon, ~:fnmmoth, SWflnscn, Lower
4 to 30 ounces of siker nud 0.0:3 to 0.20 Mummoth, Englo and Blue Bell , EUl'ek:t City, -
nuncc of gold pel' ron, I to 8 [Jel' cent of EW'el", Hill, South SwILllSen, StUI' Consoli-
leud, und Il truce to 1.75 pel' cent of eoppel'. dated, B1a ek J nc.k, Chic[ Consolid:ll~d, Hupe,
The sulphides from the Swunson mine will pro- Garnet, Conluco pill, Windridgc, ~""J'om ing,
vide, with the addition of powdel'cn conI, the Beatrice D., }!OWlt Vemon, IrOLl B1oESom,
fuelnccessury to (.he ore mixture in the e.hIOl~­ Brooklyn, MOlltorcy, Gruy Rocks, Cenlpnni.l-
dizing ronst.. Dl'icfly, the pI'OCcS~ eonsisfs in Eurekn, Ajltx, L'on Killg, Sho~bl'idge. Showers,
roosting Il rnL"tW'e of orcs, solt, und powdered Sunheum, Victor, Rn.bbit Foot,. Golden 'frell'-
coltl; condensing tho acid !'Oaster gnses in sal t m'e, and 'resoru mines.
solut.ion; Ipaching the rons tC(1 or'e with this so- The Mumnwth m ille. yielded the rich~.st. gold
IUlion und prccipitating tho metals 8u('.ces- ores. The Dl'Dgoll irou IDllle shipped 11'00-
sivcly-gold und silver on copper und copper mnnganeso are for flux to the en (I of 1917. Its
on lead; it is hoped to tl'eat the fiual lend solu- output l'llnged (rom 15,000 to 46,000 Ions.
tion olectrolytically.' Test·. were mude at the The low llVero.gc !,'mde of this are, estimated
Eureka pllllltof tho Ut·ah Minel'lll Concentrnting lit ..bout 40 cont.~ in gold and not quite nn
Co., which built 0. concentration plant of 100 ounce of silver per ton, lurgely nfl'eets tho aver-
tons daily cllpncity in the Inter pltrt of 1D14, age of the cl1lde are in the following t~bl" :
equipped with rolls, tube mill, und Isbellconcen-
tl'l1tors. Low-grnde ores from various purts of Dry or filirtfYlU ore (md roT1«n!rate., llTith a lJ ~agc 'f1I..dilU~
C07'..t.:nl, product'tl ',-TJ, T int;e dittrid (lmi ,hipped to .t1T!dWl,
the Tintie district, nnd from the Chief mine 1903-191 7.
especially, were iutended fOI' trentment in the Crllde ore.
pIILnt.. The plnnt wu.s closed in October, 1916,
und was us~d in 1917 lIS e.ll experimental plnnt A,'er·
on ores from the Chief mines. QUOD- Gold Sil Ve' Cop- Le.d age
Year. tily (va lue (ounces pel ( Il"""
(.hort per per (per pe,) VAluD
PRODtrCTION . tOIlB). ton). t ou) . cent) . CCDt. per
TOT ..\ .L J'RODVCTIO~ .
"'D.
- -- - - -1·- - - - -- - - -
Tho first of the t II bl~s on pnges 408-409 1900 ...... " 6.5. le1 ~ 1I. 27 13. (;l; 0. 6-1 0. ~ PI· 6.\
h t! n d I b
Sows wquunlyun vaue, y meta., a 1900::::::::
I (1904 52,809
38.6.17
9. 56
5.ti2
I :UJ . :16 . 61 lUI
10.00 ..19 1..23 2-1.83
the are solrl oi'trentcd in theTintie district from 1906...... " ~,4201 6. 47 10.67 I .31 . 73 15.71
1869 to 1913,inclusive. Thellnnualpl'Oduetion 1007.. .. "._ 31,28~ 15. 11 ~~ .... l~ . ~~ :ca
is shown hcr:inlling with 18i7. The second ::l:::::::: li:~4 I~J~ 23.25 1.16 1.2 1 2'.00
table summnrizl's tho production by decu.dCil . 1 mL::::: J::i:m ~: ~g 1~:~~ :t~ :U ·J~: :
The tonnngc unu II '-N'age metnllic content of I 1~12.. ...... 193. 08:l ~. 26 17. S7 . 85 . ~3 19. 13
Meh kindo(shippiugpl'llduct in tho Tinticdi,- m~'" I~~'m n~ 1U~ 1:n :;~ ~~:~
tl'ictfrom 1903 to 1917 is given ill the t.'lhles on 1915: :: :: 13: 6S3 2: i7 2l.22 .76 1. il4 17.18
1
pn~es 406.-410 .. TIm are cJns:;ificut.ion is llCceS- 99]67. . ...".'. 4~, 768
75, -139
:J. IH 1:\.7;
; .9Il . 14 17: 03
4. 99 1:\. S8 1. 13 "" .. 2'2.91
S"rJ IY I\!'b ItI'UI'Y In part..

1_9_04_"_"_"_·.1·1_._8_2_5.1I_f_,;._0._91 :13.70 1O. ls i"" ,,~2S. ~

 -'

EAST TI.NTIC :\lOUNTAINS.

407
COPPER O!(f~8.
Star Consolidated, Victor, SiI ... ~r Park, South
The copper 01'('>; includ" tho,e ca rrying Mer S~nlllSOIl, Shochriuge, North Clift, WiJldridg<',
2\ pCI' erJlt of copper. A Illrge con trihutor of . utah COlIsohdll~cd, Plutus COIIsolit/ntcd, Sal-
these orcs ",us t,ho C,cnt(l'nniul-ElU'ckn mine. ! ""~tor, CH.n.~a, Susan, SWIl.J ts l'Il, Cl'own Poi.n~,
Other shippers of this kind of oro, named in I J?ulmond Qu<'on, Ncihaucr, Dl"llgon, Tintie
the order of their importllllc", nrc til<' Curis", 1 Standllrd, Gold Chnill, IIlId Rubhit' Foot
M~ronlot.h, Victor, Ajnx, Lnc.ledc, EIIglo "-
Blue Boll, Opohongn, l3ullock, Lower Mum-
moth, Gold Chain, Iroll massaro , Dnl ""all , Crud", I)'l!.
Eurek .. Hill, Brooklyu, StUI' Consoliuutcd, _. _ _ , _ _ ,_--._ _ .-_-;-_-.__
l[iunic 1\Ioore, Tesoru, Gmnd CoIII.rlll, IIome- I I I Avet· I
5t•'lke, Snowflnke, Black Jnek, Bullion Beck, .. ""~'I "... Cop- L nd ·SO
Quantily G,0I>
ShOWN", Monterey, Argenta, Primrose, West Year. (short (\'ol"o (olln""" pcr (epcr ("'Tl'fll
) por per (por \'uluc
110ruing Glory, Shoebridge, United SUllbeam, 10.. . t on). Ion). cent.}. COllt}. per
Governor, Rabbils Foot, "cibllur, Ilnu Ullit.cd ton.
Tintie. - - - i- -- f -- I-- i
- - - --
!!I03.. . ... 36,206 ;,U5 3:1.28 O. foO 15. 26 $..'\3.89
Coppa . (;~C, ,wil,h a i.'crag~ mclallic ro1"tCni , prodllcr.d -~tl 1004.. .. . . 62,289 .8S 20. 11 , . ·Ifi lfi. 24 30.76
T.nlu: ([..sINd and a/nppcd to $'m~lters. /90:1-1917. 1005.. . .. . 1>1,307 1. 82 2". 0:1 I •• ·13 25. 50 41. 78
1006 ...... 102,383 1.69 23. 38 .3:1 H . 19 :to. 03
- I 1907 ..... . ' 9O,2fo7 S. OS 30.64
A\'er- 1908 .. " .. 1 52,083 ' 3.43 4:1.80
. ;14
.aR
17.30 ,1:\.01
21. 92 4G.09
QlI:m-
I I
Gold Silver ' Cop. Lead age 1909 ... ... 12';.023 ·1. 22 37 . 15 .07 21.1)() '12.31
12. 71 SO. 60
tity (value {ounces per ( gt'o&J 1910 ...... 1-13,971 S.:J.\ 27.73 .1 1
Yesr. (short per per j (per PCt) vah.oo 1911. .... . 1 92,067 2. SO 25. 11 .13 11. 11 2(1. ·12
to,,"). ton) . ton), ~ cCDt), cen . per 1912. .. .. . 92,.150 2.99 21. 22 .25 10.81 28. H
tOIl. 1913 ... ... 117,562 S.16 24.73 .30 10.72 ZS.46
1914 ... " . 132, 768 2.23 2"2. 95 .36 13. ·t5 26. 37
- - -1- -- 1-- - - - - I - - - - - - - 1915 .... .. 116,647 2.04 2'1 .08 .11 13.65 26.38
1003.. ...... 83,062 $6. 79 17.30 4.00 .... .. $27.08 1016 ..... . 159,742 I. 67 1!1.33 .11 12.14 ~1.8·1
~ ....... i 116,838 7.78 13.24 3.05 0.003 24.04 1917 ..... . 151,878 1, 1.38 ! 20.G3 .12 II. 52 :18. 87
. __ ._ ... ! IGG,417 10. 60 11. 95 ~. 05 .001 27.40
001 ...... " 1 121' 570 l iD. 10 10. 85 2.51 .028 27. 21
1907 ...... . . 141,399 10. as 13.52 2.47 ...... 29.69
Coru:cntr.tCII.
1908........ 111,194 ' 9.99 15.47 2. 39 .330 24.93
1009........ 119,480 8. 71 12. 12 2.29 .640 21.51 1903.. .... 41il I ~ . ZS 38.69 ...... 19. 86 ~19. 86
1910........ 87,334 8.25 9. 68 4.08 .110 23. 90 1904.. .. .. 3,593 1. 24 ll.oo ...... 17 .00 22. 23
I91l....... . 69,014 6.76 12.61 5. ·12 .240 26.20 1005.. .... 1,400 6. 95 20.03 ...... 20.10 37.06
1912... _... . 126,079 4. 67 10.99 :1.69 .870 24.39 W06.. .. .. 2, 3ZS I . 10 II. 2·1 ...... 3:3. g·1 47. 4;j
In3 ....... . 146,994 4.33 8.33 2.44 .050 16.96 1907.. .... 2,5W 1. 11 13.87 ...... 37.75 H 97
19H..... . 61,377 4.90 10.13 1.94 ...... 15.(;7 19().~ .. .... 1,565 3. 72 21. 88 ... ... 3t. fi3 41. Sll
1915 .. "" 110,619 4.92 7.66 I. 93 .009 15.66 1909.. .... 881 3.28 21.90 ...... 30. 45 40. 86
1n6 ...... 115,043 3.68 9.49 2.32 ...... 21. 31 1910.. .... 770 S.55 17.87 ... ... 29. 20 38. 91)
1n7.. .. ... 96,844 2.63 S. 7~ 3.20 ...... 27.32 1911...... 57-1 2.45 15.93 ...... 25.20 ·33. 57
, IOIla ............................................ ..
1913.. .... &8. 4S 8.40 0.19 24.03 27. 29
T.EAD ORES. 1914. .. .. ' 22 3. 6S 5~. 45 .91 39.25 V6.36
1915... ... 155 27.42 ]1.80 :lO. l14
In genom! the cruuo le.,d ores and lead con- 10lG.. .... S04 2.50 24.59 .10 3&.52 68 .0l
1917 a . .... ..... .... .. ...... .... . .. .. .... ..... .. .. ..
centrates are tho.e contuining o ... er 4! pcr cent.
of Ie,,". Tho most persistent. producers of lend Ii None.

product of shipping gmde dW'ing the Inst 15

yedfS wcro the Bullion l3eck, Eureka Hill,
Gemini, Lower M'~mmoth, May Day, Uncle Copper-Iond ores Ilro cla&!i(kd Itfter the
S~m, Yaukee, Englc and mUD Bell, Ridge and Stlme method as copper Ilud Irlld ores. Con-
V~l\cy, Beck Tunnel, Black Jucl<, }[II.lJlrooth, trihutors for the last 14 yeurs were the Uuiteu
EllSt. Tin tic Developmc.nt., Iron Blossom, Cen- SWlbcllm, Undine, Shoebridge, Lltcledc, Cnrisll,
tenmnl-EIll'ekn, Chief Consolidated, Colorudo, Windridge, Mllrnmot.h, Opohong", Silver
God, ...n,. Grnnd Centrnl, Sioux, Eureka City, Queen, und Bulloc.k. The tahle on pnge 410
Clift, .Ajax, Tetro, Joe Bowers, :hfl\l'thll W ush- , gives the productIOn und o...'Sny of tlus c1uss
ingl on , Showcrs, Victoria, Frankie, Laclede, 1of oro.
 Quantity and 't;,ulIt oj OTt- wid or trwudin th~ Tinti~ di~rM'd" Juab and UtiIh cournia , 18(,9-1917, and total metal, u ( ovO'hl.
o"'"
I 00
Gold. Sih·cr. Cop]l@r_ Lead. R(,l'Over-..ablc rim; .
Oro TOlal
Year. (tlbort
,·nlue."
tow/. Fine oun~. Yalue. Fine ounces. I Valuo . Pound~ . Yalue. Pound•. Value. Pounds. Value.

86.Q·1876· .. . ....... 24,730.00 ~bll , 215 894,000 $I , 139.5SO ~ 568, 228 $699,903 7,744,000 $M9,~ · ...... . . . ... -- -- _ ... ~,900,23S
.877 .... . ... - .. .... c 2, 000. 00 41,344 c ]50, 000 ISO, 000 313,200 5~,50g Cl: 29'1, 496 16, JGi .- ..... . . ... .. .. -.- .. 29i, Ol!l
.878 . ... . ... -._ .. .. C 2, 500. 00 bl, 6S0 c 130, 000 H9, .500 «1111,400 18, ·192 c 402, 882 18. 1(>1 · .. ... -- .. .. - . -- . - . - - 237 , 776
.879 .. .. . ... ... ..... c 2, t)()O. 00 51,tSO '2-50.000 260,000 <4110, SOO 20,609 , 1,206.466 '19, ·lG5 .. ".. ,. " ··i· ·· ··-· -.. 401 , ';'54
880 .... . ... ... .... "/4, 419. (~, 01, 340 d1I81,545 208,7i7 <486,000 18,404 c 705, 53-1 35,2';', 353, 807
881. ... .
882. _ _. ,
.. . . .. ....
.. ... .... .
C 2, 332. 00
t: 2,903. 00
4So 2j)7 cg 15] , 073
d 232, 558
170,712 "" 200, 000
<d 605, BOO
M , SOO c 4,51 , S10
cO'; 59~, 102
21,6 87 :::::: :':' l ::::::::: 295, 206
4iJ1 . (H~

::: :::::: :J:::::::::

60, 010 265, 116 96,608 20,311
883 ..... ... ..... .. 4 :t,OOO. OO 41,344 ' 0 523,798 581,416 <4281,865 46,511 c 900, 000 38, 700 707, !)71
884 .... . 048;914 " ~ 500. 00 al,008 '0619,194 687,305 "" 161 , 600 21,008 c 5, .559, R.,2 205,716 1'Ho,037
885 ..... )' ......... 86S. 00 17,943 d 868, 925 929, 750 ,01 108,000 21,$1 c 7, 784, 709 303, GOO _ ..
..... .. _ . - .. . - ... . 1,272, GSJ
886 .... . e 32, H3 01 2, 300. 00 47,5-15 de 825, 000 816, 750 Cd,.], ~25, 000 169,275 ct: 5, 971, OCO 274 , 669 ...... .. .. . .. . .. . . .. . 1, ;>OS, ~39
887.. ... <33, 800 ·3.200. 00 66, ISO ~ 1,412,463 1,384,214 cd 2,000,000 256,000 c Ii, 33., 991 285, :no · - - . .... - .. .. ....... . 1, !'I!H, :>74 o
888 ..... '25,660 d 7, 110.00 146, g77 1,201,620 1,129,523 cd 2, 200, 000 369,600 c 5, 854, 2Gl 257, 5~1 . . . . . .. . - . - . . 1,903,GS7 e;:
:::::::::::];: ::::::::..:
889 ..... c 46, 075 d H, 9·10. 00 308,837 d 2, OSS, 700 1,932,3b8 cd.] 870,000 252,450 t 0, 978, 5.)0 359, 164 2,882,800
890 ..... c68,I77 d 24, 633, 00 509,200 d 3, 801, 100 3,991 , 785 d 8G8, 960 135,008 , 10, 881, 90S 'Isa, 6~6 5,126,23S o
1 891. .... c 65, 006 d 19,4+1 . 00
a IG, 470. 00
401,943 d 2, 901, 730 2,872,713 «1688,000 88, 00'1 c 13, 147,6.15 565,3-19
.. -..... .. . - . __
3,V28,OG9 ...
l':
1 892 . .... c 47, u75
diS, 097. 00
340,165 d 2, 011, 642
d I, 990, 860
1,750,129
1,552,871
cd 966, 777
«1320,000
112, 146
34,560
CD, 131 , Ii::!;
7, 063, 209
:l77,2G l
261 , 339
2,530,001
2,160,853
~
1 893 .. ............. 312,083
~
C
I g94 •...• !•• • •• • __ . , d 18, 06G. 00 373,457 .2,582,033 1,626,6S1 '" 820, 000 77,900 c 8, 056, G35 26;;. 8G9 ::::: : : ::: J~: ::::::: 2,343,907
-
I 895 ... .. . . . ... .. . d 27, 525_00
1 196 ..... . - .. . _... . d '10, 470. 00
568,0'32
836,589
d 3, 51'l, 166
d 3, 935, 843
2, 286, ]58
2,689,973
,d I, 57} 000
cd 3, 00 ,000
168,418
324, 540
c 11, Z8."l, 564
C 13,217,833
361,074
3DS, 535 ::::::::: ::1::::: :: :
~. 38-1, 612
4, 247,6 37
o
I 897 ..... -- . . . . . _- - 01 37, 038. 00
1 ~98 .... __ ........ .
1 899 .... -/- ........ .
'38, 186.00
c 4-t, 917. 00
765,643
788,341
928, 517
d 2, 87'1, 600
<3, 389,507
C 3, 329, R33
1,726,560
1,999,609
1,!n)7,890
C

C
2, 600, 000
C 2, 073, 7i)9
3, 441,677
300, 000
267,146
588, 527
C 21, 31], 802
, 29, 060, 8-11
r. 38, 080, !)()<I 1,713,6-11
\'
768. 305 . . . .. .. -._ .....----_

::::::::::: ::::::; :::

..
I , 1O.J, 312 ...... ... . ......... -1,149, GOR
3,560, :;08

5, 223,575
'"c:
.-l
>
1 XXl ...... ......... C '/5, 355. 00 1,557,726 C 4, 809, 971 2, 982,1 82 '6, 052,157 I , OO·I,6:;S C 3G, 8.40, .~i9 1, 620,985 7,165,551 pi
I 101. .... ..... - . . .. , ·10, 159. 00 830, 160 C 2, 6S5, 735 1,611,441 C 7,557, 825 "1 ,262, 157 c 24,388,133 .. .
1,048,600 · . . . . . . , . . . . . 4, 752, 44 8
1 102 ..... CJ 31,574 <33, :H·I. 00 689,282 c 2, 978, 39-1 1,578,549 '5,271,921 643,174 r. 20, 266, 507 830,927 · . . - . . - . ... .... . - ... . 3,711 , 932
1 103 ..... C 186, 223 h 65, 987. 00 1, 861,Oi2 • 3, 620, 362 I, 9~, 995 h 8, 023, ~64 1,009, 215 /. 12, 481,040 5:!4, 20-1 .. .... .... . ... - ...... 4,942, -186
1 104 .. ,.. '262,680 11 il, 961- 00 1, 487,558 h 3, DO!!, 630 2,254, 866 h 9, 035, '120 1,129, 465 A 22 , 122,312 96'/, S51 ... _ ....... . . ..... . 5,339, H O
I 105 ..... h 266, 761 h 100, 942.00 2, 086,656 h 2, 951, 348 2,386,614 h 10,982, 751 1, 713, 309 A 18, 702,573 879, 021 . .. ... ... _ . .... - .... 7,065, 600
1 106 .... . h317, 576 '93,125.00 I,U25,066 h 4, 610, 794 3,089,232 Ii 7,321,471 1,113,011 h 32, 022, 100 1,82,), 26~ .. . ... .... . . ... ... . _ .
8,252,G07
I 107 ..... h 278, 5(>1 • 113,065. H 2,337,270 h 4, 949, 082 3,266, 303 h 7, 765, 831 1,551; lGG 11 33, 019,2,12 .
I , 750, 019 · . - . . . . - - . . .. ..... . . 8,904,848
1 108 ..... h 260, 1(>1 h 63, 248. 58 1,307,464 11. 4, 118,440 2, 182, 773 h G, 707, 786 753,427 " 2':>, 045, 882 1,051,927 .. -_ ..... . . .... ..... -. 5,295,501
1 109 ..... 1'256, 578 h 83, J89. 47 1,719 , 679 '6, 404, 847 3, 330,520 • 5,915, 669 760,037 I. 56, 502, 209 2, '129, 595 . - ..... .. ... ---_._. S, 248, 831
l' no .. ... '300,631 h. 66, 289. 22 1,370,320 " 6,222,742 2,820,281 h 8, 993, 036 1,142, J15 11 :n, 553, 4·i5 1,652,352 · . . - . . . . . . . ' " . . . - .. - . 6,985,OGS
1 lll ..... '860,391 h 79,015. 64 1,633,396 • 5, 514, 702 2,922,792 h 10, 922, I~ 1,365,269 h n, 572, 066 l,060,78-! .......... . . . .. .. __ .. 6,982,241
I )12 .... h423,830 /'91,9-17.86 1,900,731 11 7,073, 104 4,349,959 h 13, 339, 126 2,200,056 h 24, 356, (>II 1,096, 022 3. 709, 737 ~255. 972 9, R08, 6·10
1 )13 •.... 0400,430 h 65, 327. 87 1, 412,462 o 5, 829,48·1 3,521,008 • 0,261,867 1,435, 5!)0 • 26,270, 312 1,156, 289 3, ~!)G, &1-1 20J , 406 7, 726, 7:i€j
I 114 .• . 11.298,48G h 46, 139.60 958, 7VO 4, 66G, 944 2, i)8(), 820 11 [i, 200, 471 703,G32 h 36, 5 10, ~1l 1,423,926 756,217 3S, BG9 5, iOO, 837
1 ~15 ..... 11.293,474 h ·I~, 348. 98 916, 775 4,370,984 2,21G,089 11 5, 357, 932 O:3i,638 • ~2, 657, 018 1,534,&;0 3, &40,058 476, 78'1 (i, 082, 1 (H)
1 916 .. ... '365,919 11 ·n, 382. [)7 855,454 5,113,5f16 3,364, 727 h 7,106, 645 1,748, 211 '" :19, 2!H, 351 2,711,311 3,ill, l[)G 4!l7. 2M 9,177,021
1 917 ..... II 392,386 11. 4.2, 015. 98 S68,tH7 6,358, 763 4,SSO,421 h 9,117, 723 2, ·180, 138 • 35, 078, 949 3,016,789 J. ] 82,!)Oll 120,6Gl n, 07J,,jr,G

rotal l .. '\' ...... ... \ 1,574,942. 11 32, 6.00, 936 125, 271, 682 I 83, 34.'1, 232 171,493, 635 1 27, (;(;2, ·135 752, ()-W, -l26 lS, 356, 411 Ill. ~ 1S5.'l J l~~OO, 7go )180,401, SOl
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• ~(M by V. C. B'elk. /roCl a ~"on of tt.. total outpm noport4ld bv u.o D1reoLor 0( lb. l4La" or ""'' OD
.
. '10 ~ ~. J.IIIKI W ...., no,J.. tl.n.tattn.««t au.,a Uc.J. anli u.", &anbeMD IIIIIn l! ...... 1-'-1.I~ ~ ...... fiN' lon ~q, prodUQo<:".;"~ _ltb t ho>.8cvU..; LM!J1 ttl. Y.uno'K.. ULII / MN't'In>04.\'( 61IlMlbr'.~.
Martha W-"'~ . JJ .... .D~ • .l)!(IQt ~ ............... h - - , aU CIpII"M«l ~ JfIiQ _d l.fr.'ft. ns 137i IlM )(ammOUI-(;opPtt~ (~'I.Ju.x) and UUI t.:I"wUlcb· 1oCauuaDt.h .t1.lUooII w~rtl lItO prlndopt procluCtn 01
CgrJ)P'r 10 U "'b•
1.D \be lIUlnual nw1ew1 0: \he S&lL 14ko TrtbW:MIlU\4 U . S . Oeol.. SIolr"C!y )Uncralltt..:;OUfCN lot
~
.ua 1.0 JJI17, 1'luU dille C'lIQlrdl uI.IIOme Mrly pr~ "('1'0 usea in the Mti.m:£i••
It EdJm2t«1 by o. W. T ow.,. und O. O. B alltb, woo pve ~ "Dd reDUll'ks on production 'or lI80 to . . (U. 8. GIIOl. 8utVe)· Ninelftl'nth Arm. It.,~~ .• pt . 3, 1"P , tJ1~lG. 1890): ·'It j, thnutllt tho; 1"rodueUon
otllOlhw and ~ Pf'OTi~ (a JBtIIJ dJ d noe .~ooed. 'lJlOO,OOO. From 1m to 18IlII.1oclp,ive, &b. prodLlCtiOO in coJd b:u heeD Xll,gG;' OUt)(lM; a Dd l.a. .liU n r ~~1Y4 ~ la udd.1linn to dlo ~ IVtll aDd ,Old TinUc
h .." JX'f'IItuc:eUa WW8 a m oun t 01 Jee.d and q.per. 'thoonly~ethod 01 cakmb&t1on 0( thel.-d and copr-r lj. br OUWnjt "he mUo d. oop~ tl) t:itlWr cold. ffl' t:ll "·~. .u &I.I" cr Is m~ u.n1f(!l"Ully dl:."l.til:w.~ In tho OCO$
tbaA~, tbl.s m61&J hM btIen dl ~ 18 tho b ,1.u at CIIIJCt.l.hit,oo. Tbll 'I.\"C~ conleut 0( oopPlf and Jpd l.u )10,000 tons M or~ 'IIr.b 0.$ pel" ('\"jot and t3.5 pt:f ctnt ' ~h"IJ\V, 'l'b .. OfQ wntch ru~· Cl Jurnl*,,,d \hl)
baU of LhlsmJcubtlon 4.r(I thCI rtpo:rU!d ootpu.~ affl.bou t t\l'O-thirdl 0( the!WOII 01 th" d.istricl. The COIlLe,, &fA sUTer of th~ Ci.tO~ OI"n ......'lAlCf!I 32.&0 0I.lilC!d JM"t" loc. Oil ihb 00et. ther-oAf. ):) f.Clunds 0( copper
to m·try 87..souna!!l ill J;lh'er and ~ pound.$ of ~ to e\'try 3.8 O"..JJlOIlI!> ot sUVfII'". ApplyiDf' u.e mUos to \.be tot.:LI prod uotl tm d the ro mp it Lt &h01rT1 Uut there 5hO'.llli h ave t.e.n produOlXl 6,.\70,00l paul)d,. 01
topptor a.od 74,.f0lj tofU of .Nd (or-tin' yo'U1 from 1~ to J.S;J8, Lncl~.~, Olus roup1ly 8IStlmatftd. Tbue CQ,lcuhuioru. howC\'a r, )udc:t<l frnm Ol ttt'Tstah<1poin t.e, seem to bO SOtllllWhB"lw for copprr Dlld ht~h lor 1 "."
, In Iff17 ihe Eur~b WII mi ne oom1MDoed to I'roduco &IJyer·~ oo.'o1ly; In l&;2the BuWOb Bec:kand Champion mlm, a FIJv«-lead pr04l1O(!r; 1U\4 io 1. tlio Cc.nll!mlilll·Eurek:l miAe. a ltbough not. u. l:vee
producer of Jcod., fioJded J:t.flCIh' ,okl, tiilVef, nnd C'OPP«.
I F~ od.C1IWJJy 3 012 oimoos Oll{Old and 8,&"-0-OUIlOL'I of Ah~r, oorrtcled. froD'l Tt!ntb ~ U . S .. ,.,,1.
13, p. 3H , ISM.
, TowCl DUd Sm1Lh (t} , 8 . Gtol. SUlTcy Ninttolmtb Atw. Jleopt., pt. 3, p_ 01~ 1m) t:1" &, !.ISO to l88S.6S2 OUDCo."; 1881, 105,3:i4 ounro..; l~'\.:l, 224,800 ounc(\c.; ltidl, G12,19t o\lnt'O~. The-su n,;urf\.<; h:wc be<.>u (''Of-
rreft'd from Pl"OdU«Ii' rcPllrU. ,hI) F.ureka 11m betItl: t balfU't(JSt producer for the}"tWI p,-en.
.. U. S. Qt'Oi. Bur"4!ly ll1oeral ~, 11103 to 1917•
• These 10tIJi are for Jllino OUtpu.t and acncClt.e more than if mltlt4!I"fj' and refiner!;' ngw-e:> w('ro used.

Jletal3 proiluccd in Tintic dislrid, Juab and Utah ccunt,:(.$, 18(;9-1.917, fly pt...,·iCJt'b.

Gold. Silver. COPlX'r. Lend. HCeQvcmhl o zilw.

Period. I Tot.."'ll Y31ue. '"~>-
186~1 8S0 ____ ___ . __ _.. _
Fiue ounce!).

36,1-19. 00
Value.

$747,268
Finc o un ~ .

1,605, &15
Y:lluc.

$1,957, &>7
--
Pounch!.

3,179,628
I
VO-luc. Pound!).

$SIB. nI6 lO,3.:i3,37S

Vu1l1 e.

WiS,55J
Pvuuds.
I Vniuo.

. __ ... ... - ..... -.. ..

..
::l
j"
$4,JOO,594
1881- 1890 .. _. __ . . ____ ._ 61 , 786. 00 ],277,230 1] ,692,031 11,888,929 9,911,215 1, ·122, 994 54, 3]S, -128 2.2~,336 . - .. - - _. -. -. .. . _... _.. 16, 884, ·189
"
1891- 1900. __ . __ . . __ .. _. 332,518. 00 6, 873, 756 81, 366,185 21,484,966 2],441,370 2, !JSG, 959 IS7, 524, 6:l9 7,-i34,G70 .. ... - .... .. ........ -- 38, 7~9, 351
1001- 19\0 .. _•. __ • _..... 731,310. ,I 16, 11 7,527 41,480,371 21,475,661 76,565,174 11 ,47G, 109 2R2, 103. 533 12,959, HI;I .......... 6-I,O!W, 151 8"
1911-1917 .. _. ___ ... . __. 113,178. 40 8, =>41,][,5 38,127,547 23, {)35, 8] 6 60,3%,018 10, ~O,16 7 217,749, :>is ]2,000,001 · ii;:803:~· 1, 500,790 66, :>i 8, 219 c
1 1, 07-1,912. 11 132,556,936 12.S, 271 , 68218.1, 343:2:12 171, ·103, 635
.~ -
j' 27,552, 43.:i
-
1752,040,426 / 36,358,4\1 I }G, 803, 653 1,590,700 1SO, 101, 80-1
~
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~,

...
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 ORE DEPOSITS or' UT,\H.
410
I d . ~. ..."wllY. ami''''.
p,,,,lu"'d in ' of ore, yielding 9.45 per cent lead and 23.29 por
COPPTi;I:~ /:::;';~ad~~':;ro to nru!ltT', I!JQJ-I9J1. cent I'c,;overnblt3 zinc) the wboJc vlllu(!d at
5:)4.40 per ton. The Chief, Ridge ann Valley,
d
Aver·
<>go
and Showers mines WNe producers in 1914,
QlIac~ Gold Silver roppl.!l'
tily (v!lluo .ounCCl (per U!~ grreI 19H1, Ull" 1!)17.
Y C'llt. (per value
( ..1Iort per pu)r ( ("tn t) . <'eDt) . per onf: DEPOSITS.
ll)n5). ton). ton .
f,I)n .
DISTRIBUT!ON.
- - -- -- ---- The ore dep08its of tho Tinl.ic district nl'e
1903 ...... 388 SI.81 48.31 14. ~3 10.03 ~.l. 21 founa in only n small pa.rt of I.hc Tintic Rnnge,
1001 .. ... 128 1.13 1-1 . 53 2 .~7 2.69 19. 1-1
190(\ .. __ .. .. S5 1.·19 27. II 3.82 10.00 62.00 tbe ex tensivo urens of rhyolite and latito or
1907 .. __ .. 330 1.09 3~.18 3.8-1 e. 9l 45. (i7 nndc~ite being fo), t.he most. po:t bnrren. The
1908 ... ... . 24 .92 37.7n 3.81 2-1. 00 5!.7{)
1000 .. __ .. 40 .~O 27.20 3.76 '.~9 29. )5 dislrict propel' lies mninly on t.he western slope,
WIO ..... . 42 1.26 10. 24 7.01 16.14 13.M meoRuring ubout 4 miles from nor:b te south-
lOll .. __ .. 66 5. 70 16.87 6.11 13.68 39.12
1912 ... _. _ ~72 2. , 3 128.14 3.49 8. "l.1 100.18 from Silver City to a point north of Eur~ka­
1911 . .... -' 13 1.67 32.66 3.26 18.22 17.46 and 2 miles from ellst to west. (See fig. 42,
191\ ....... ]60 .73 15.01 2. 90 9. 88 Z.i 11
l!l13 . ...... 72 .53 27.21 3.86 8. !IS 36.29 p.397.) Some oUllying nreas, howeve1', contoin
1916 ....... 78 3.H 62. fi3 3.41 I\, 39 70.63
3 2.67 38.33 2.85 13.63 73.33 deposits of grenter or less value. On tl,c sou tb,
1917 .... ".
prospects ore found from Silver City to
Dinmond; on the east, nbout 2 miles from the
ZISC ORE!!.
divide, nre the dcposi ts of tbe Enst Tintic
Tho zinc ores nre those eont.n:ning 25 per cent district; on I.he north about 9 miles irom
or more of zinc, irrespective of prccious-metl\l Eurekn nre the Scro.nton mines of tbe North
content. All the ore mined is n mixture of Tintic district.
cnl'bonate nnd silicnte of zinc ore. Shippers of The general mineralization renches its maxi·
this class of ore from 1912 to 1917 wero the mum east of Silver City, in nn nren of monzonite
Lower Mn.mmot.b, Uncle Sam, East Tintic I! miles long and 1 mile wide ; but few mines
Development, May Duy, Gemini, Godiva, Ridge III this vicinity huve yielded n grent production.
and Valley, Y nnkes, Chief Consolidated, Bullion The monzonile nnd adjncent parts of the other
Beck, Iron Blossom, Colorado, Sioux, and volcnnie rocks nre extensively oltered and
Empire. lIDpregnnted witb pyrite and are traversed by
Zin\~ orr', with at'Cfaqc 1Ill-fallie r.o ntcn!, prodilccC m Tmlic mnny fissuro veins, with a general northeast
di~tric' tmd d/nppt:d 10 .nJdlcn. WI2- 1!117.
t·rend and steep dip, some of which havo yielded
Ho· Aver- considerable oxidized ore. Among the mines
Quan·
t-ity
Gold I knd'
SlIver
(\':duo (ounces (per
CQV(!f-
a~lB
age
grcar
on these veins are the Undine, Sunheam, M.rtha
Wnshington, ~-[urrny Hill, Silver Eow, Swansea,
.
Yl.'!lr.
(mo rt per per c t) 7,lnC \'.Iuo
tollS). tou). tou). CD. ( per por and others the Swansen vein cutting the in- .
cent). ton. trm,ive Swansen rhyoli te nellr t.be monzomte
- - - 1 , - - - _. - - -- - - / - conlnct. No distinct boundury separates t.he
1012 .... .. 6,300 OU.33 1.36 1.91 20.11 '13.47 monzonite from the ultered lo.tite porphyry
19U ..... . 6,266 27.91 31.26
lOlL .. .. I, (JM 27.67 213.11 (in port nt leust extrusive) on tho east, und t.he
InI6 ...... . 7,029 .68 .:14 27.35 68.63 veins cut both formQ\.ions. Very little work
1916 ..... . 7,318 .21 2•. 02 67. 37
1917. : .... . 1,883 .. .... ...... '\' ...... 29.12 i)9.4i has been done on these deposits for 20 years,
most of it h"ving been stopped when large
LK&.D- ZIN C OREa . qunntities of wnter were encountered 100 ~o
400 feet below the surf nee. The Swansea IS
Most lond-zinc Ol'es fi re pUl'chased by manu- the only mine that hus been worked below
fncturers of pigmellt. In 1913, howet'er, it water level. .
was pUl'chused by pl'oducers. of spelter, some Tbe scdiment·ary rocks north of the mon°
of whom sl\ve the residues for tlle;r gold, silver, zonite are not broadly mincrnlized, but t~eh
nnd lead content. In 1913 the May Day, East contain n number of vein zones along wbic
Tintie Development, Tin tie Standard, and Uncle the limestone and dolomite are silicified over
Sam milles o;bipped an nggl'egate of 192 tons wid ths ranging {rom ft, few to 300 feet. Ore
 EAST TIN TIC ~roUNTAINS.
411
outcrop' in places .but is neit,her. continuous ! mile eust of the second zone. The t,h.ird zone
nor coronIon "nd IS ehI<\!ly confined to the ' crosses the lllonZolutu contoct without eon-
southorn p!irt of t.he lImestone orc", spicuous outcrops, 1,500 fe,' t s~u\.hwest of tho
Four vow zones of nOl:th\~'nrd trend h"ve ~orth Sttlr mino, .mel oxtends north"tlstwurd
., 'I'dded tho hulk .of t,ho.distrIct's
. . productIOn. to the Northern Spy illJ'l Ie, wh ero I't t·urns
All hut, ono lI~e 10 II~e. "'Ith th~ lllum zone northward "nd htls been followed to u point in
of tho rnonzorllto, but It IS ImpOSSIble to trae,e the Godiva mine where tho bUlTen rh.yolite
uny of them "cross t,he contuct nt, t.he surfnce. overlie:> the limestone. The fourlh zono crosses
The Gemiui zono, tho westernmost, comprises, the monzonite cont»ct at. the ])ru"on mine
from north to south, the Ridge. und Volley, also ""it,hout conspicuous outcrops~ und cx~
Gemini, Bullion-Beck, Eurekll HIU, and Cen- tends northeustwnrd to the Iron Blos-som ~o.
t2uniol nU~cs. The M"mmoth z.one, adjoining 3 ~lU?e, where it turns nOl"thwnrd, losing. its
the GeJIIlIl1 on the e.st, comprIses the Chief, velflhkc chnrnctel', und continuos ulong the
Eagle nnd Blue Bell, Grond Central, Mom- Colorudo ehunnel, u flat, repli"c.ment body cvi-
moth, Golden Cbom, Opobongu, Lower Mum- dently formed ot the intersection of north-
moth, nnd Block Jack mines. Tbe Godiva south fruclUl"CS with It limestone bed particu-
7.one, ne"t in order,. comprises the Godiva, Il>fly susceptible to replflccment. In the Beck
Uncle Sam, )fay Day, HUlnbug, Gtoh, tunne.! No.2 \vorkings, the northwl1rd course
Northern Spy, Caris", Red Rose, ond North ' of the fourth zone ends I1bruptly ond tl;o ol"e is
Stor nUnes. Finally, the Iron Blossom zone, de!lected westword ulollg eros. breaks inlo the
the easternmost, comprises the Beck tunnel, Uncle Sum (HumlJUg) Illinc, where it joins
Colomdo, Sioux, Iron Blossom, Governor, "nd the third or Godivfl zone.
Dragon mines.
RELA.TION TO FISSURES.
The Gemini zone does not" cross the lime- .
stone monzonite con tact but is closely con- The fissures in the igneous rocks in general
nected wi th the sccond zone in the lower trend N. 15°-36° E. Less commonly they
workings of t.he Centennial Eurek" and trend N. 70° E., or, os the Swansc.1 vein, fl
Grand Cent,ral mines. In the upper levels of little west of north. 'The dip is commonly
Ccntenuial Eureka ond in the mines to the 75°-80° W. Few veins are tmcenble for more
uorth the ore follows north-south fissures. than hfllf fl mile.
In the lower levels of the Centennifll Eureka The fmetures in tUe sedimentary rocks (see
it extends along the strollg southward-dipping p.402) Bl'e mflny and complex and aro present
crosi breaks t.o a depth of flbout 2,000 feet.. in till parts of the flre" irrespective of mineral-
South of these cross breaks extensive prospect- ization. They were,. however, formed mostly
ing has fflilod to find ore in line ",·it.h th~ Gemini before mineralization, flnd Illany of them flnte-
zone. da te the volcanic period. Some of tho lurgest
The second or Mammoth zone has been faults-for instance, the great faults in Eurek"
proved to cross the monzonite contnct without Gulch and some of those in the ellSt-west ridge
interruptIon in the Lower ·Mammoth mine at to the south-had so healed at tbe time of
depths of 1,700 nnd 1,800 feet. A lit,tle minernlizatioll thllt they had little or no in-
farther north it follows a series of northerlv fluence on the course of the ore solul,ions.
and north-nort.heast fissures t.hrough the Golde~ On the, other hand, the Sioux-Ajnx fflUlt" Oilst
Chain, Aj"x, nnd :Mammoth properties, A of 11'lmmot,h, hlld a marked influonce on the
loteral fissure zone a little to the west carries deposits in the Iron Blossom zone.
the ore On nort.herly fractures through t.he As regards ore deposition. the most impor-
Grand C<lllt.ral, Victoria, Eagle nnd Bluebell, tant t.hough not the most conspicuous fract.ures
and Chief mines. A west-dipping fissure in are t.hose thut t.rend Ilpproximutely north-
the Gmnd Central carries the ore down to u south and th:!t generaUy huve fl vert.ical or
depth of 2,000 fect, wheuce it connects t.hrough stoep eusterly dip. In t,he western zones they
t~ lower workings of the Centennial Eurekfl nearly or quito coincide with the upturned
WIth the ore of the finlt zone. bedding planes, They are also abundant
The third flnd fourth zones, wluch ure along the enstern 7.ones, where t.he st.rata dip at
roughly parallel, lie east of the divide, about a lower angles. Both north and north-northeast
 ORE DEPOS1T5 OF UTAH.
412
trcndin~ fmctures are importont in the southern I replacement., Rud the ore in some places grndes
purt of (.ho Mummoth zone, t.be ore altemat.ing into t.he altered country rock. The primury
from one system to the other. East. to north- oro. mmemls, Lll order .01 ~bundance, firc
east Irnctures thot dip .50°-70° S. (known as pyrlt.e , gHleno., and enllrg~te, m n gangue of
cross brcnksl urcloco.Uy importnntand lIt soverol quartz, mueh. of which. L~ .well cryst.llized,
plnces form mineralized connections betwcen bente, and n litlle ~croscoplc .,luI.Hte. Little
pllrtlllelnorth-south oro bodies. The most con- IS lmown of the detlllls of th~ oXldlltlOn of these
spieuous ore the t.wo heavily minemlizcd fi.sures ores, for few of t.h~\m h.'lYe been worked in the
in the Centennial Eurekn mine, which mllrk the last 20 years. Limorute nud lead cllrbonate
south enrl of tho Gemini ore ZOlle. are the principal mineft1ls, and much of the
oxidized ore extmcted was rich in silver. The
lfI:'fERALlZATION.
metals 01 import.ance nre silver, lead, copper,
and locally gold. Silver is most abundant, us It
TllO dcposits of t.he district mn.y be con- rule, in the galNlll and enargite, but. in the
voniently dh'ided into those III igneous rocks, Swansea nune enough of it is snid to bo eon-
those in sediment.uy rocks, und 11 smull group tailled ill the pyrite to mnke ore. ·
(If oxidi7.cd iron-ore deposit.-; at or ne.llr the con- Tue importnnt eOllstitllents of the orcs from
tnet of Bedimen tury and igneous rocks. Con- the mines in the igneous rocks ronge I:lS follows:
ta~.t met:unorphisrn, indicated by "ltcmtion of.
the limestones to ulliltutite, spiuel, und minor
ammult. of gurnet, diopsido, tUld wollustonite, OULeN> IX'r ton,
is pronotmccd ulong the monzonite-limestone Gold. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... o. 02- 0. 18
contnc.t. Compurutive study of the originol und Silver .. __ 12.0 -39.9
Percent.
mct.unorphosod limestones proves thut silic" nnd Copper ......... . .. .. ... ..... . .. . . .. .. . .... . 0.2IHt.!o
probably ,uumiua were the principul constituents Le.d .... .. ... . .. •. .. . . . .. . .... . . . ... .. .... .5 -24.9
introduced by the intrudingmogmn, themotullif- SpeL... ' . . . . . . . .• . .. . .. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .·1 -II. 3
orotlS emnnations contemporaneous with con- Silic.. . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16. 0 -40. 4
tuct motnmorphisrn hn.vi.ng probably Inrgely Irou ... .... .....•...... ... . ..... ...•...... 9.I-SLO
Sulphur .. . .. . . ..... .. ....•.... . .. .......... 12.0 -32.0
escaped into the porous volcanic rocks that Zinc........ . . .. .......... ... ..... . .... .. . .4 - t.!
then overlay much of the monzonito area. Lime..... . . . ... . . . . .. . . ..... . . . . . ... . . .. .. .0 - .9
Deposits in both igneous n.nd sedimentary rocks
nre chllructorized by the same essentiul minerul Altered -wall ·r ock.-The wo.U rock of the veins
composition. The principul gangue minerals is eharncterized by propylitie alteration: In
nre quartz, usually lIS fine-grnined jasperoid, und close to the ore-beltfing veins it is com-
und barite. The ore minerals are principully pletely replnced by quartz nnd pyrite, and
galena and enllrgito, smull quantities of zinc locally by barite. Sericite is present, if nt.all,
blende, and pyrite, oxide, carbonate, or llrSen- only in very minute quantity. This most in-
ute of bismuth, and subordinate totl·ahedritc tensely altered rock posses grnduHlly int.o
famatinite, nnd chulcopyrite. The metals, nr: quartz-sericite-pyrite rock, in which the origi-
riWged in their order of importance, are silver, nul porphyrit,ic texture is preserved. This
lend, copper, gold, zinc., bismuth, arsenic, and rock, bleached white on the weathered surface,
untlmouy, but the I... t three are of smull im- is especio.Uy conspicuous ulong the vein ZOlle
portunee from un economic st.nndpoint. that exteuds northeuslwllrd by the Sunbeam
DErOS ITS IX IC.\'lWUi4 ROC KS,
nnd ~lortha Waslungton min~. to the Iron
Blossolll No.3 mine, nnd is ,uso conspicuous on
Vei1l8.-Tho deposits in tho igneous rocks some oC the low hills eust of the Iron Blossom
h,wo been worked to shullow depths only, Ill1d No. 3 mine. At grouter distunees from the
operations have geuerully ceased at \l'n ter principal vein zones this rock passes into green
level. Only the Swansea. mine hus nttuined n or greenish-gray rock, in which the original
notable depth, its shaft going down 940 feet minero.Is are largely replnced by sericite,
290 feet below water level. '
chlorite, epidote, culeito, chulcedonie quartz or
The veins, which ure rarely more than a few
lect wide, have been formed bot.h by filling and I Spt'l'i:3, in rDJelClu.l:', oonlajns tb. IU'SOtlkl and rl1vt 01 lbe .tJlpb«,
!ton, and copper or n;'" oriKimll ore.
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413
opal, and" IiLt.le p)Ti!.v. Thi, typ" or llli era- zinc. mines are nnglcsite, ccrllsit.), plulllbo-
!.ion is very wldesprelld. J~r~lt o, smi thsollitl" calamine, uud Ilydl'()-'
Tho rtlllwr conspicuous pyrito ill th" 'ltlurll.- ZUtelte; thoso fonned in tl)(l coppor mint's in-
sericite-pYTile rock, whieh amounts to 4 or I) eludo a lOll!!. "'rons ot' ~oppeI' Rl'SCnll t e ~ , llln Ia-
' . ' . c.' . ;n,. h ..

per cent ond ~s Ilcco.mpnlUed hr a lIttle chdco- clute ond ozurito, more rllrdy cuprite, nlltl n:It ivo
pyrite, hos gl\C(m rIse to t.he sUggcst.101l thilt . copper. Silvcr in the oxidized orcs tuke" the
t.his rock mny bo worked nS a low-grado ('opper I form of ceror'gyrilo (horn giIYt}r) und of lu,livo
ore. Tests of t.he pynte COllccntl'utC's, how- metnl. SoI1l~ ri('.l! oxidi7.cd orcs show IHltive
over, show thot the .,liount of ('01'1'1'1' is prob- gold.
ably t~o smnll in view of tbe low t~pogl'l1phic 'Most Tilltic ores tire .oft crumhling musses
relief and tbe rather shallow ground~water of cellllllll' nnd honeycomlwd uppo,u'onee, moro
le\·.I. 01'. less st!lined lJY limonite and oxidizod coppel'
DRl'OSlT~ l:-.l SJ-:DI .·.fE~TAltY nOCKS. mmcrrus, nnd conta-iniIlg ill plu(:cs rcsiduttl
golenll und enargite. Too lit.tlc work hus been
General !catu,.c8.-In the sedimentary rocks, i dono in depth to tlu'ow much light Oil oxido-
which are mllinly dolomite, limestone, or shilly Lion processes below willer level. It is c,,!'lflin
1iroe;tone, the cbarncter of mineralization is thut a rich sulphide are 250 feet below wlltor
difforent. ExtensivG imprcgnlltion of pyrite level in tbe Gemini mine sbows sorue oxidlltion,
nnd sericite is IIbsent and the are zoneS nrc hfiving tleveloped smull cerusito crysbils l'iol'ccd
markcd by st.rung silicificlltiou, jaspcl'Oid nnd by wires of nut.ive sil"cr. Proust.ite ulltI,w'on-
some hllrite l'cplacing limestone or dolomite. titc, iOlJud spnI'8('ly in SODl!) mines, wero prob- "
The juspcroid in somo pltlC<'s I'csGmblcs n fine- obly deposited during the genorol proCl·s.... of
gmined quartzite, and in others, ill thc l(ort.h- oxidnt,ion ill pl.lC"S whem the supply of oxygen
ern £Iud enstel'n pa.rt of the district, os.-:;um('8 WIlS sennL
n ehNty or Ilinty ilppc'urnnce. Its width In a large purt of tho UPpOl' loa no not ~nough
mnges from a few feet to 100 lind rnrd)' to 200 oxygen WIIS IIvllilnble for complo(o oxidntion.
fcoL. In tho oro shoots it cOlJtains finoly ws- In those pillces mneh gnlenlL romains lind much
seminated galenn, SODle zillr. bleudo nnd of t.he ellurgitc hus nndOl'glme pllrt.inl' oXiJiL-
I

pyri:o, Rnd in pillces " ligh ter und more dis- tion, and high aho,"e wuter l<l\'el secondu,ry
linetly crystallino qu,.rtz ond some burite. ehnleoeite and ron'ilite hn,"o r.ollt~mpol'l1nc­
Other ore sboots cont"in Dlu('.h nlllll'gi te und ously dovdoped.
some pyrite and chalcopyrite or SOIne fnllluti- No positive conclusion>; hll'Cc heel! rCllt~h cd
nite or tetrnh cdritc. 811(:h copper shoot~ as to the oxistence of sulphido elll'idUllent
usually coutain n little 1000, especiully wong belo\\' or at wuter lovel, but such eDl'iehmellt
~o mal'gins, abundant barite, less t'Ouspicuous mlly account for a very peculiar riel.! oro from
JlSperoid, Ilnd, when oxidized, lUuch limonite. the Gemini minc, which contains gnll1nn,
The lcad shoots nnd copper shoots usually pOlU'oeit e, zinc blende, und murcnsite. It
OCeur soparately, bu t mixed shoots Ilro found, oecm's from 2.50 fcet nbow. t.o 2.50 f,'ot below
ior installce, in the Eureka Hill miue. water level ond is certainly IatN' t.hILn tho fi",t
O:ridati<>".-Tho w"ter lovel it( the sew- min~ra1ization.
mentalY rocks st,ands from 1,650 t.o 2,400 feet Re/J]·t-ion of 0/'1' bodic.~ /.0 CfYUnt1'Y rock.-'I'ho
below tho surfaco, 1LCC0rding to tho elevation churRcter of the ore bodil'S bell'" a marked re-
of tbe shaft, and broadly spe"king is found liltion to that of the country r?ck. No~o of tbo
about 300 feet above tbe level of Utllh Lako, main ZOlll'S cntel' the TlTlt.tc quart.Zlte" the
at. an elevation of 4,8GO foot. Explorations in Ophir sbn.le, 01' t.he Middle C..mbrian limestones
oro below the water Icvel havo been undor- below the Cole Canyon dolomite. Deposits in
taken only in tho Gemini mine. these formations consist of short quartz. veins
Oxidntion hIlS thus penoll'tl.ted to U.I)usual or lens€<! in qUlU'(,~ito nnd sh~le ~nd velll~ or
depths, but in none of tho stopes seen in 1911 , bunches of dolomrto lInd enbte \U th~ Ill.ne-
to 1914 is it l'~mplcte althou"h both galeua stones, none of which :U'e of econom'c lm-
'i1~ ennrglte ' aro moro ' " in tho lower portunce.
abundant
le~els tban nelli' th() surface. The princii)al The main zones pass lhro~gh tho ~etamor­
OXidatIon minerals formed in tbe lend and phic zono nnd through 11 vanot), of limestones
 on]; DEPOSITS OF UT,\ H.
414
nnd dolomites. In the region of most iutensc nnd a. little zinc blende onel py,·ite. The silver
mincrnli7.ation orc hRs been sloped to "minor content is higher than fart.her south, 8vemgbg
ext.ent where the zones cut metamorphic lime- perlH'ps 30 to 40 ounces lo t.he Ion. There is
stone cDmposed Illrgely of silictlles unel also praetienlly no gold. The gungue minerals
where they cut argillaceous or slHlly limeslone. consist of predominant qUllltz in the form of /lll
The Inr.,,;e.· orc bodies, howev".. , havc rep],lCed ext.·emely fine grained cherty repillcement of
limestone /lnd dolomite thnt contain 10 per limestone or dolomite and of a moderato
ccnt or kss of insoluble impuIities where such .~mount of barite. Few of the qunrtz crystals
heds urc cut by mineralized fissures. At several in the sparse drusy cavities al"O more thaa I
plnees these ore hodies end Ilbruptly against milJi[(leter in leugt.h. This zone continues, fig
imnurc, dcnse-tnxtured heds. The most re- far os k-nOWIl, for l~ miles north of the end of t.he
m~rkohle eXllmple of this selective re"lacement. copper zonc.
is the "Colorndo Chunnel" or Iron mas.om ore F.U"ther north and east, beyond the lead-
zone, which hilS replaced 11 single bed of conrse- silver shoo Is, the minel"Ulizlltion becomes more
gmined limestone containing about 98 pOI· cent. feeble. The gangue minerals consist of eolcite,
calcium carbonnt'" and 1 per cent magnesium dolomite, and n little quartz; the ore minerals
ca.·bonnte for nearly a mile long along ,~nort.h- comprise galena, zinc hlende, ilnd II few ounces
south fissure zone that coincides in strike with of silver to the ton.
the mnin synclinal axis, ond hos ignored fine- Gold ilnd CDppe!" seem t,hus to nccur on the
grained, less pure beds above ilnd below. whole near the monzonite, and lead, silver, .nd
The course-gmined limeslone wus port.icula.rly zinc mainly farther away. This orra.ngement
susceptible lo replucement even where t.he ore- mlly co .... espond t<:> deposition in successively
forming solutions had migrlLted long distonces cooler zones Imd to a gradual spreading of t,he
from their source ancl hnd been weakened by ore-forming solu lion, northward until they
decrease of temperatUl"e, reaction with country became so mingled with smillee wllters th.t
rock, and prob.\bly dilution ,vith meteoIic their solvent power declined.
wnter. This some typo of Iimeslone CDnt.ains, ' Verlual mriat.i<>n.-Fnr less marked is the
besides· the "Colorado Chonnel," the Inrgest are variution in the composition of the ore with
bodies in the North 'fintic djstrict flnd in the dept.h. The sepuration of the ore into lead
southern """soteh Mountains. and zinc sboots depends on the oxidot.ion, the
H01izolllaZ va,ria.tion.-Tbe deposits of the zinc rnigruting downward and replacing tho
Tintic district show m"rke.d mineral vnriution limeslono or dolomite wall rock and the oxi-
with distancc from tho intrusive monzonite. di7.ccl lead ore forming without migration.'
Four zones of distinct chnrocter mny be recog- Lend nnd copper shoots may be found in close
nlZed: proximity in 0. single mine in the copper zone
In the monzonite, quartz in well-developed but show no definite change with depth. In
crysta1s is necompanied by much pyrite flnd some mines which in the upper levels cacry
some bnlit<l, galena, enargite, zinc blende, and only lead (:opper hegins to appe,\!" with depth.
cholcopynte. GENESIS.
In the sedimentary rocks for" mile to Ii
There can be no rOllsonahle doubt that the
miles nort.h of tho monzonite contact the
orcs both in the igneous lind in the sedimentary
gllnguo consists of fine-gmined replocemcnt
rocks Were deJive,d from the· sarno source. The
qnortz containing some smlll! druses of wol1-
similRi·ity of the minemlization, thG general
crystallized qUUl·tz and mnch haTite. The ores
contain much enargite, a little pyrite, nnd in continuity in strike, and finnlly the "ctual true-
plneos tetmhodritc and fl1mutinite. There aTe ing of ono of the normal veins across the mon-
11 fow lead shoots, nud the copper shoots con-
zonito-limestone contoet nre sulIicient proof.
t.tin .t .litt.le lead. The ores also curry gold, The doposits were probably formed by hot
.wernglllg III the better grades of are S I 0 to 820 waters, charged with igneous emnnotiOJ)8,
a ton, nnd some silver, probnhly averaging 20 which rose through fissures formed in the
ounecs t.o the ton. monzonite after its consolidntion. These
Fnrthor north in the same vain zone~ the 1 Tho ,:one.stJ or lhc:o o:..:;hliU'<) line or~ hlUl ool"n dmc.rt.bod in d(!oWl"~
Loo.gltUll, O. F" Tho o.d dJz.ed &lJ:.o ore::s 0' HIO Tlntio diSJdct, Utah.
sedimeuory rocks contuin princip!llly gtllcna 'tCOIl. Ooolor:r. \:01. 9, pp. 1-1'), IOU,
 E,\ ST TIX'l'IC i\fOt:XTATSS.
wnwrs peoetrll te.d the. sedimentary roe b north
of the UlOllZollite nncl spread, gradually cool-
ing und losing their power of minerali""tion.
Tho ore dcposits were formed immedintely
,{tsr the closo of yolcn uic ""ti\'ity at 3 depth
of only n· few thousu nd fect.
IRON-ORE DEPOSITS .
,\ion::: tho con(."ct of limestone. nncl igneous
reeks south nou southcast of MnmnlO(.h them
i, ij great deal of surfuce o~idntion and the
lim~s tone ccnteius irregular bodies of limonite,
kaolin, u!ld jasperoid, Sronll deposits of this
t)1'C arc found oeur the Billck Jaek shaft und io
the hills a mile cast of the Iroo lliossom zono,
bul, the largest, is that of the Dragon iron mine,
A!- the sllrfncc t.his mine is in nn opeo cut,
.bout 200 by 75 feet iu arel1 lind over 200 foot
Jeep, The oro bocly of t.he pit is said to end
just below the 30G-foot leveL Small deposits
oi the limonite-kaolin mix(,lU'e nre found i.n
tbe same mine os fnr down os the SOD-foot leveL
TI,o limestone porpbyry contact slopes sOlltb-
~'~rd and eostword beneath the porphyry, and
tho limonite-kaolin mll,sses thus fill' found lire
nil in tho limos t.one, at or very near tho con-
tact,
The grent. body of iron orc oeCUl"S in irregu-
lur nearly vert,ie01 shoo(.s, whoso largest di-
mensioll treods npproxim.\lely enst 01' north.
TI,ey are completely sUITollnded by IllU&;CS of
b-d kaolin, which arc penot-roted olO!lg the
margins by small offshoots of iron ore, The
ore is 0. eomp"ct limonite, with perhaps some
hemntite, containing 55 to 57 per cent iroll und
4.5 per cent silica, Milch of it cont-Ilins 0 trnee
of gold "ud liS much as 2 ounces a ton of silyer.
Few coppel' stuius have been observed. The
""'cnute of iron, phnrmacosiderite, may be
~n lU plnces, but tho qllo.ntity is iusignificrmt.
Isolated masses of copper-lead-silver ore in a
qUartz-barite gl1nglle, fOl1lld in the pit in line
WI.th tbo Drugon vein, ure probably purts of
t.his ~cm thl1t hllvo been IM-cr surrounded by
limOUIte. Pllrts of the k .. olin musses close by
the iron Ore llro stuiucd black hy hydrous
manga!le;le oxide. " "
Tho genesis of these deposits is lILtributed
to tho dOWll"-"rd migmt.ion of ollUllinllDl, iron,
nnd IDnngnneso sulphlites leached from 11 6"I'ellt
thickness of pyritic porph,,'y thot formedy
o"crl OJ' t h e ptesent surface,J
These solts on
tllitching tho limestone ropl~ed it, forming
415
kaulin , limonite, and wtld, Tho ko01i" ilsdf
wn~ in part rephlced by limonito ,md cllrried
farther, tIlUS for.ning the lowe.r aud Intel'al pltrt.
of the deposit. Rough colculnt,ion shows t,h" t
t·ho IlmoWlt of pyritic porphyry Wu.~ amplo t,o
supply t,he iron ore of even tho large Dru,,"'Oo
d('po,nt.
NORTH TINTIC DISTRICT.
OEOGR.\PHY.
Tho )/orth Tint.ie district, includes "ll the
coullt.ry in I,he Ens! Tintie Rnngc north of the
Tintie and Enst Tintic dist.riets, Tho tlrCll
includes three nelll'ly pamllel ranges, the first
two fOI'ffiing forks of the main rllJlge l.ad tho
t.hird .. bmnch connecting with ilie Lake
Mountains to the cnst.
Thero Ilre no towns or yillng-c;; in t,he distric.t,
nnd the ooly cump that hus bee.n continuously
occupied is t,hnt of tho Scmnton mine.s in
Bnrlow Caoyon, one of t,he long t!'Unsverse
canyons {.hnt ellt tho wcst slope of I.he we-stem
mnge, W"ter is obtnined in the western
part of tho district by wells driyen in the
nlluvium of Rush Valley west of the moun-
tains, "nd in the contrlll ..nd c>1slem pnrts
from springs along the edgo of Cetillr V"lIey,
which li~s botween the middle rllngo tlnd the
La ke MOlln trlins,
The Bolter (Boulder) district l' S mill'S
oust of Lofgreen s t.lItiol! on t.he Los Angolo"
& Solt Lake Railroad, in Tooele COllnty, It
is here, I:oweyo,', regarded as purt of tho North
Tillt,ic district,
GEOLOGY.
The rocks of the di..trict nro Pllleozoic
quartzite, shule, l1un limo-.;tone, overlain "t a
few phlCCS by small masses of extrusiye
nndesite 80d cut by a few dikes of rhyolite
I1nd monzonite porphyry, Their stl'Otigrnphic
successionlilld structlU'ul relations m'o gencrclly
t,he same "s in the Tintic dist"ict proper,
except thtlt u rather promil.lent quartzite,
absellt in the Tintic district, hus been found
in tho Middle Cnmbrinn limest.one nel1l' tho
Hot Stuff prospect. The western "nd middlo
rnll''CS are pal·ts of a gre"t anticline with
""nth'
b J
dippioO'0 western und steeply..
dipping,
castern limbs, .Tho northward-p,tclJlDg 6X'8
of th e unt.icline extends nlong Brolld Canyon,
which sepurates the two rnnges, The axis
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416
of t.l", .yndine. which is the Jominallt. strue- nnd urc ussocillle,l with ob liquc I"'",ndles or
tuml fe'uture of the Tintic di~trict proper. fissm es. also mincl'Illizcd.
CI'OS5

extenJs along Cedar Vulley. its east limb HISTORY.'"'' PHODl:CTlO".

forming t he oustern p:lrt of the three rnnges
of the North Tintic district. Owing t.<> these
folds upper IUld lower MississippiiUl limestollcs
form the western. Ordovici;\n the ccnlM,
ond ClUllbri.Ul the euslern purt of the wrswrn
rtlOgO ; the Sllme format.iollS jn nr,,'erse order
form t he middle rung"; und the Mi.<;.'Iissippilln,
undorl"in by 150 feet of Devonian shaly
limos tOM, forms tho summit nnd central
purt of Pinyon Palik (the ollly pnrt of the
eustern mngo to bo considered), und the
Ordovician the remuinder. except for a small
amount of Cnmbrilln III. tbe eIlst bose.
The. fissuring lind iault.ing which ehlll'llcterizo
the Tintic di.(eriat persist in Lhe N ortll Tint.ic
district. l!'IIUItS of consid.rr,blc offset h»ve
beoll Iloted but hnve not been studied system-
Ilticnlly. Preminornl f.,ults of lurge displllc<l-
meJ-lt !U'o not, so fnr tiS noted. closely nssDeiatod
with 01'0 bodies. One postmincrul fault t.rends
northWllrd through th e Scrnntofl mille but hns
uot been found to dispJllco oro bodies of nny
importunco. Tbo most I)rominent o E minemlized
fi ssur<'S t.ren d nort h to N
1 • 15 I., ,,".roly Cllst.
By V. 0. n~IKES.
The North Tintic district is in Tooele und
partly in Juab Count.y, iu the. Tint.ie MounULins.
6 to to miles northwest of Ew·okn. The pro-
ducing mines urr. in Toode Coun ty. Ore ship-
ments nrc mndo (rom Delmonte, 0. st-u tion 00
tho Los Angeles & Salt Luke Raill'ond . ubout
3 nllles west of the mines. The nume of the
district was formurly Oasis bu t was changed
to Caledonia in 187.5 and to North Tintie
in 1879. Tbe production prcYious to 1902 is
not UCcUfutrly known . However, the New
llullion' Pl'Op<",ty, workud by lesQees about
1897, produced from surfuco orcs 835,000 Del.
in lead nnd silver. The largest. producer oi t.he
dist.rict is the Scmnton mine. which yielded
oxidized lead orcs between 1902 und 1905 ond
began t.he shipment of oxidi7.cd ziuc find
lead-zinc orcs in 1906. The following tuble
gives stutistics c.ollcc.t"d br thc V. S. Geological
Sm'Y<,)' lo th() end of 1917 :
I R r:-por~ o.f XQ W DullJOlI )(lnJugCo. by E. W. ClMk:lJld Oll..:ll'S, o phir,
11"11 ......

.l[ct(1i.~ prodl1Ctfl i n lhr. Nor~h Tin1. 1C iNtrid, 1902-191';.

Ore
Gold. I Silver. C<>ppcr. Lead. Rocoverabl e :cinco
Totol
Year. (tll lort
tore). Fine \ ,_. I
F1De \T 1 L
'ounces. u..aue. ounces. "a ue.. 1Pounds. Value . POllnd::!. Value. Pounds. Vlllue.
vnlue.

~~~........ 2, ~~I""i'S"")
1901...... ..
190~ ....... . ............. ·1
386
~
~~
,u,
$279==~
424....... .......
4,
6~:U
3li3 ...... . .......
3·287,·182
10.800$13.
310,t09 1
97 .......... 1. . . . . . . .

3,tiSu ......... . '.. .......

12. 0;(:! ..... ...... ........
$14.25<
12, 001
14. 001
7' 1 13"'2- '~~""' ,t' r.:,~~ G9,~2t
1900 "'- ""
. ...... ..
1907 ..... ...
. . •v
10, ?~ ........ _.....
u7 u 777
2: ~4
3871
3,62.. . .......... __ .1 ,4.00,000 C5,SOO . . . . . .......... - . ..
I: 673 ~ :::::: : ::::::
95G.0(;0 64.195 $132.748
2,17 0.200
953,759 60, &J9 4,154, 988 24r',144
191,171
297,366
1008........ I, 1 3~ ....... ....... 2.33( 1.23l1 .. ..... ....... GG3 708 27 87(' 29.11;
1009........ 4.028............. . m m.. . 389' 427 16' 71.3 1 817 :>t2 .. '98' 147 115, 40~
1910...... .. (;. 3~!1 .21 4 961 523 .. :.::: ::: ::: : 649' 06i 2.;' m 2; 843: 032 ltiS: G2.J 178, 210
gg ........ ~.~~ 1.13
'vi~""'" ... ....
2.1 2.9ili I.M2 182 ~23 2.313:093104:089 4.11S.4H 234.700 3<10,427
191:1::::::"
191 ........ ·:
191 5 0 . . . . : . . . . .
2121~. .... ·.. ....... .7.1~
:...... ...... .
~18
4.4io ......... .. ... 1.769.623 7~.G3:1
246....... .. .... .
121....... ... ....
12li.87!
<>, 5.'IS
76. 202 2,975
&>0.22,2 59.:l5.'i
416.922
10,730
23.348
1. 006
143,391
2'.132
~. IOf
m~"" '" 4,001 .:::::: ::::::: ....,j.io .... 270 ::::::: :::::: : '''i7n:ssa 12.3.QS 'i:730:G46 " z3i.900 "i44:67~
. . . . ~0 ... ;~~ ~~::r~~ ....;~~I.. :'·~~I:: :: ::~:::: 18. :: : ,2:::::~11 . :::
 EAST TINTIC )"!OUNTAINS.
ORE DEPOSITS.
WESTERN RANGE.
Oro deposits in the wostern ronge h(1.\'o been
suewsfully worked at two plnces, the Scrul\-
ion minO$ in Burlow Cuuyon, nbout 9 miles
northwest of Eureka, und the New Bullion
(001 Hinch) mine in il1iners Cunyon, about 3
miles farther south. The ore bodi(!.~ of the
Scranton "ro in coarse-grained limestone of
probable upper Mississippilln age, iuenticnl in
charactcr with that of the Colorado C'hlllmel
or north half of the Iron Blossom zone in the
Tintic district. Those of tho Now BuJlion !lre
• t a somewhat lower hOl'izon, probably nenr
tho bolllllla.ry between the Pine 'Cunyon lime-
stono and the underlying Gurdner dolomite,
but the strntigrnphy in this vicinity has not
been determined with cel'tuinty.
These ore bodies, which have yielded oxi-
dized lend, leud-zinc, und zinc ores, are nil
formed along tho intersec tion of single fis.~ures
or branching and crossing fissures wi th specially
replaceablo limos t<lno beds. Most of thcm .. ary
Irom small bunchos to bedded replncement or
blanket bodies of consiuernble ex tent. Those
of the Scrunton minos lie in a nearly north-
south zone, strongly indicating that the min-
ernlizing solu tions migrat<ld along n pronOlmced
fissure wile and sprelld more or less where in-
telllecting fissures Or permeable beds gave op-
por~unity. Frnctures in that zone show prE}-
mineral displacements of n few fe,ct.
Tho oro and g"ngue nro genernlly similar in
character to those formed in the TIntic district
by tho coolor parts of the mineralizing solu-
tions. The princ.ipal gungue along the tmnk
fissures is mostly dark ehe.rty quartz, nnd nWlly
from the trunk fissures dolomi t<l and calcito.
Only smnll remnants of suJphide ore remain ill
the oxidized ore, which consists chiefly of ecru-
site, smithsouite, and calamine, and which cou-
lains goleua IlJld zinc blonde bu t .. cry Ii ttlc
pyrite. The abundlluce of iron oxide in the
ore, however, shows either tho.t considernble
P:7;ito wns present Or tho.t tho blende con-
\alned considerable iron.
The metal conteut of the oxidized ore de-
pends largely on the thoroughness of roplnee-
ment of the limestone by primary suJphides
~d on the amolmt of zillc that migrnted dur-
Ina o'd . . Nonsiliceous ort'S nre on the east 810po of the
o XI "tlOn. Whore replacement WI\S com-
plete the zinc was mostly removed from the
a0416"-10--27
417
leud ore during oxidation und wus more 01' less
co~contril!.ed into sepumte bodies or bUllches.
Tlus proc~ss WtlS especialJy pronounced i:n the
southern. purt of tho Scranton property, es-
pecuilly m tho ~lllguzine tWllIol, where Il large
body of oxidizr<l zinc ore WlIS mined at the
down dip end of a large IUI,d stope. Whero
the primary oro only impregnated the lime-
stone und did not wholly l't'plnce it the lUlrc-
plnclJd purt precipitnted tile oxidized zinc us
cnrbonllto "lid pro,luced the kud-?inc or "corn-
binution" ore prominent in Lho northern pm·t
of tho Scranton property .",1 in part. at le,ast
of the New Bulliol1 mine .
The lead orcs shipped hn ..e "ssnyed 0.5 to
3 ounces of sil .. cr to the ton, 21 to 33 per cent
lead, 2 to 3 per cent zinc, 22 to 32 per cent
iron, and 8 to 24 par ceut insoluble; the zinc
orcs 0.5 Olmeo ot silver to the ton,O to 2.5 per
cent leud, 32 to 52 per cont ,inc, 6 per cent or
less iron, nnd 14 pel' cent or less insoluble; tho
combination OI'C'S 0.5 to 7 ounces of gil .."r, S to
40 per ceut lead, 14 to 33 per cent zinc, 5 to l~
per cent iron, and 7 to 15 pOI' cent insolu-
ble. The low sil..er eon tent, n.. oruging about
I ounce to the ton in , tho Scranton mines
and about I) oune.,. in the New Bullion mino,
is characterisLic.
Other proporties, prospecting in mincrn.lized
ground of the same typo ns tha t described, are
the Nort,h Scranton and tho 'l'intic Zinc Co.,
which is locllted bet.wee.n t,ho Scranton and New
Bullion mines.
)UDDL:£ llANGl:.
Litt'!e or nO ore Illls been prodnced from the
middle range, but several promising outcrops
both of siliceous und nonsiliceous ore have
been pl'Ospected to some extent. The siliceous
outcrops are prominent at the south end of t.he
range, north of P.ckal'd Peak, ~n~ are ap-
proximately ill line 'WIth the Genu~1 ore zone
of the Tintic district. They consist of gray
cherty quartz 'rl'plneing coal'SO-grnined 1llissis-
sippian limestone of the" Colorado Chnnnel"
t)'po. 'The principal prospects from wluch any
data have been opt"ined al'e the Farrngut and
De Prezin. Assays of material in tho quartz
replnceme,nt huve shown low vlduos in gold,
silver, and copper, and up to 11 per cent le~d.
One small shoot snid to n.ssay 7. per cent biS-
muth ",us fOlmd in the De Prezin property.
runge, about 7 niiles north of Packard Peak,
 ORE m ; POSIT5 OF UTAH.
418
on tho Tintic-Humholdt property. Tao char- Oth el: mineralized out~rops of more or Ie:;,
nct el' of the orc llnd grmguo minerals, so fur as 1.pronuse
_
hlwo boon prospected, hut so far
fl· . 8S
exposed, Ilud tho country rock, are the sllmo 0.' ~own JI<~ ore 0 S upplng grade hl19 been fouud
at tho SCf<mton mines in the ","stem runge. 10 qUfillt.lty .
CANYON RANCE.I
Jly G. F . LOOOlIl... .

GENERAL FEATURES .

Thc Ctlnyon Rll.nge is in

west-centt-ulti tt,h, in liue with
the Etlst Tintic and Oquirrh
mngts to the north. 11te few
snu.!1 mines and prospects in
the • range arc scattered ulou"0
tb e wes t slope from LeJlmin"- o
t()n nort.h for 12 to 13 miles to
the hills south of Ouk Creek
(fig. 43), in the Leamington or
Oak Creek mining district.
Leamington, on tho Los
Angeles &, Salt Lake Railroad .
. and Oak Creok , reached hv ~
100mile stage l"Oute from Le;m-
jngton , are small agricultural
towns.
0"" GEOLOGY.

The Canyon Range is com-

posed almost ent.irely oi sedi-
mentary rocks---Carhoniferous
limcsto n<l find quartzite over-
lain uncon{omluhly by Eocene
conglomerat.e, but v o l Cllni c
rock. h'lve been reported from
the ox t rem e northem ond
sout.bwestern parts. The \"IlI-
leys on eit.her side of the rRnge
LEGEND ure floored with (!Ie Pleisto-

r
O~.~NAR.Y~ , TE RTIARY ~ CARBON~fEROUS
ceno Luke Bo nnevillc heds and

leke
8Oonn~villc~~ ;.:r.~:<
Volcanic C
fiJtl pi:~ il . wgr~
\> ~ ' •• , . .
locall)' with In.ter alluvial de-
posits.
teds ~ rock~ end"sd~~~et~~~~ Qu.!rlE.lle Ljmostone
I '( 10 ~ 1ic'
rqulta Stnl!-a and dip 'v~ rti,ol dip Anticlinlll aJ.ie SEDOIENTARY ROCKS.
F !Go~t: 43.-Re::omuissanCXI m3p or Ib(\ (':wyon R;w~ shOwing groloric forflluUQRS. CARBO::nFBROUB LDlBSTOJrl:.
EASTERN ltA.NGE ..
The onl). oro bod • . tl .. . i 111e C'll"honiIerouslimestono is the prevolhug
Y
which Ofo hus apparent! bIn Ie enstern
I· mnrre from cd . fOCk northwest 0 f SeVier · C anyond an · !
non:
formerly worked in the :C~I .e~n : upp IS ,~~e the middle westcrn slope of the range soul.h of
orc, lin oxidizc(1 sil"el"-Io~d lllflCrrillLDde. de Sevier C.Ulyon "s fllr tl9 t.h e south boundary of
• • 0 t)OO grn. e, ....
IS sUld .to, ha.ve follow ed. u. N. 50 0 E. fissure llo'oraIcssCGlldeOibd de$CriptionoHhOG't'')IOf,,'l'OnbISl'lDte.lOCl 1.ouch·
p~.obll.bly m)Ii.qsjssippi"n limestone, but to hav;' o. P ., A ",,,,,,,,alsoon<o 10 ,be canyon llan ....~......,t,al ooa>:
<l'l'~tho8,.".,
tiD .
mehed out duwnWU1.!!. L.ter mork Ill'. con- U. 9.
nuJgG born. ph)'stogr.)phcr·s
PIoI. "'por~tnodpolut
Ill. PP. " .... , . ... ThO
is diKlmt.d odel"
br W. Y. 01 ,,,.
0.1'\t
p. .... ."lI

Slated of prospect tunneling heneath thi. body. (Th, W ...I<b. Canyon ....d Uo,~. r&D..., u.n-ard e.n.lI.... e...p·
Zoot. DuD., 'tot,.t!) pp. 2G-M, 1'JIXI).