Show I 1 NO north rth tintic gintic I 1 4 4 4 the following article on the 1 north 0 rth tintic gintic mining D strict was A as written n by george 11 ryan a well known mm min ing engineer for the salt lake mm min ing review mr byan ryan spent h a early life in tintic gintic and is thoroughly familiar with the entire d streit in and adjoining some of our best known mining districts are areas as deserving the energies of the pros as regions lying remote from railroads lail roads and business centers amon among the districts one could mention in this class is north tintic gintic as it af fords remarkable opportunities for intelligent prospecting and develop ment the he north tintic gintic district is in reality VL a sub divis on of tintic gintic die dis tact joining the latter on the north and comprising parts of tooele thoele utah and juab counties utah the coun try is characteristic of the desert ran gea v alleys valleys and hills covered with sage brush and juniper wh ie le son sort C tine fine timber is found on the north n ide of the mountains near the summits water is very scarce there being on ly a few springs throughout the en tire district the mountains in the western part area are a continuation of the tintic gintic range the highest point being about 9 COO feet about sea level this spur of thi tintic gintic range dwindles from this high point tor for about six miles to the norih where it is only a low range of hills separating rush and cedar valleys aid a id forms the connection between the oquirrh and tintic gintic mountains the western part of the north tin tic range is composed of the sediment tary series as they occur in thel the southern portion of the d strict but 4 in ill reverse order the beds have a dip to the west est of about 15 degrees and strike a little east of north forming the western limb of a broken anticline ant ieline the axis of which about parallels the strike of the formation which would be along alon broad canyon on the west side of broad canyon the tintic gintic quartzite is exposed in the vi cikity of the hot stuff group be leen beert the quart zit and limestone is a bed of shale the same as is found west of the centennial eureka As bending in geographical order are the limestone with arga lacious limes corresponding to the formation of eureka ridge from west of the centennial eureka to the eagle and blue bell next comes the series of beds including the course crystalline gray lime characteristic of the godiva mountain formati or the range is cut by several can cannons one running east and west or across the how strike of the strata so that rocks are hp on deposition from which la is taken the folio follo vang analysis of a sample from the godiva mountain calcium carbonate 98 75 and iron oxides silica 0 20 magnesia trace 0 ganic matter and loss U 0 ga 00 here these soluble lime stones sare are ut by fissures they have been quite extensively mineralized by the as tending acid solutions forming the re placement deposits characteristic of the district I 1 cutting the formation in this part of the district is a series of N S fissures or to be more exact they strike east of north about corresponding with the strike of the strata and dip 80 to 65 85 degrees east they have been opened extensively on the scranton where f they are strong and well defined and can be traced for several miles on acl the surface cutting these fissures are a series of fissures striking N W 8 S E in the northern part of the range and N E S 8 W in the south ern part and having practically a vertical dip the only places visited which are developed enough to allo v study of the underground condition conditions were the scranton tintic gintic zinc bul y lion and hot stuff the fiorit named property is the one having the great est eat amount of territory opened up and offers the best chance to observe the fissuring and ore deposit depo on I 1 at the junction of the two series serie of fissures are found the largest bodies of ore composed almost entirely of the carbonates and oxides of lealand lead and u zinc carrying small amounts 0 ot sil t ver j the ores are found only in the sol ubie lime making away from the cross fissures in large replacement de posits which no chere in the mine have continued hutsi outside le this stratum into the close grained blue magnes ian lime these ore bodies have been foeloa followed ed do the enclosing stratum to the vest eat to an intersect on with the main fissure the walla walls of which show some evidence of a slight dis placement ot of the ground on either bide one characteristic of the deposits of this district is the lack of outcrop even where the have been tol fol lowed clear up to the grass roots the surface indications to be loo looked ked for in tracing the fissures are tract ared condition tion of the rock showing subsequent tilling filling and cementing by calcite in stringers and large mas sea accompanied with a reddish or black porous iron this iron and cal cite float can be traced for about six miles or more from a point about two miles north of the scranton souther ly to the old bullion mine in miners canyon the of or the scranton limestone haa has also been 4 4 and ch h is 19 tr rone one urea ures nyon as es of or in ot of sag bag ap p of lime blue i the bell the i 0 of the put wing rock odor done two con the sur bur can ince ance ead sad canyon just een north of the hot property here the dolora itic stones including the ore be strata corresponding to the ce cc nial eureka beds are exposed show evidence of considerable f i aring and mineral izat on as the face of the ground ia is covered iron and calcite float no worl wor at this point expose the fisson only surface conditions could bc b served A short distance to the south the workings of the hot stuff g where a strong N S 8 fissure dill di east at about 53 50 degrees has exposed where it cuts the ahal ing between the quartzite and I 1 there are also some cross fis standing about vert icle near the th face but the workings were in bad shape that an extensive exah tion of the conditions under gi was impossible near the as indicated by the material ox 01 dumps the ore occurred in the if this is the case it is the only in the district where the been mineralized the fissures i exposed are very strong and th face fade indications are quite aronou borne some ore has been taken from workings but nothing has been lately east from the hot stuff quartzite forms the hill between low and broad canyons to a person famil ar with the logy and ore deposition of the 9 f district this northern portion in im lately appeals as one offering opportunities for in 11 igent prospecting it is not how bov NV what hat might be termed a poor m camp but judging from cond as shown at the scranton one expect to prove up the ground a moderate outlay of capital ar an ergy for the reason that give given condit ons incident to ore depo in the tintic gintic d strict one beede look far for the locality 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