Old Utah Mine

The Old Utah Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 9,049 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Old Utah Mine
Secondary: Judge Group
Secondary: United Park City Mines

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Utah
County: Wasatch
District: Park City District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Year Last Production: 1883
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt

Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Daly-Ontario Fault Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS MAY BE THE OLD UTAH MINE, LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT VERBAL DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION GIVEN BY BOUTWELL, 1912. AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PROSPECT PIT, OR MAY BE A COLLASPED ADIT. THE OLD UTAH MINES SHAFT WAS 450 FT DEEP AS OF 1883.

Comment (Development): THIS MAY BE THE OLD UTAH MINE. BY 1881 THE OLD UTAH SHAFT WAS SUNK 340 FT AND BY 1883 IT WAS 450 FT DEEP. PROPERTY WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE WHITE PINE AND ANCHOR PROPERTIES IN 1885. THIS WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST MINES

Comment (Geology): PROSPECT LIES IN A FINGER OF CLAYTON PEAK INTRUSIVE. ONTARIO-DALY WEST FAULT JUXTAPOSES THAYNES FORMATION TO SOUTH. INTRUSIVE CONTACT WITH ANKAREH FORMATION TO NORTH

Comment (Location): LOCATED WITHIN THE JUDGE GROUP OF CLAIMS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE OLD UTAH MINE AS VERBALLY DESCRIBED BY BOUTWELL, 1912. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Comment (Deposit): PRESUMABLY MINING WAS TARGETED TOWARDS THE DALY-ONTARIO FAULT

References

Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 111.

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY QUAD. MAP GQ-534

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