The Mazepah Shaft is a lead and silver mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 8,379 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,379 Feet (2,554 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.61472, -111.50722
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Mazepah Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mazepah Shaft
Secondary: Daly Group
Secondary: United Park City Mines
Secondary: Park Utah Consolidated Mines
Secondary: Mazeppa Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Summit
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: United Park City Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1886
Discovery Year: 1885
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Park City Anticline
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Fissures And Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RICH SILVER ORES REPORTEDLY STRUCK IN SHAFT. THE DIXIE VEIN IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE SHAFT AND IS PROBABLY WHAT WAS EXPLORED BY THESE WORKINGS. SHAFT AND ASSOCIATED TUNNELS CONNECT WITH THE DALY MINE WORKINGS
Comment (Workings): MAZEPAH SHAFT CONNECTS WITH TUNNELS OF THE DALY MINE. DEPTH OF SHAFT PROBABLY LESS THAN 1200 FT
Comment (Geology): NORTH-SOUTH FAULT JUXTAPOSES THE PARK CITY FORMATION AND WEBER QUARTZITE NEAR THE SHAFT. MINERALIZATION, HOWEVER, IS RELATED TO NORTHEAST SET OF FISSURES AND FAULTS
Comment (Development): MAZEPAH SHAFT IS PART OF THE DALY MINE. MAZEPAH SHAFT WAS SUNK ABOUT 1911 TO EXPLORE WESTERN PART OF PROPERTY NOT ON THE DALY - ONTARIO FISSURE SYSTEM. THIS EXPLORATION WAS UNDERTAKEN AFTER MAIN DALY ORES HAD BEEN DEPLETED AND RICH ORES WERE FOUND ON THE ADJACENT ONTARIO PROPERTY
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Commodity): RICH SILVER ORE STRUCK BY SHAFT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE REPORTED WITH FIGURES FOR DALY MINE, SEPARATE RECORDS NOT KEPT
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, 231 PP.
Reference (Deposit): ERIKSON, A.J., (EDITOR), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 22, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
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, 672 PP.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A. CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
Reference (Deposit): BARNES, M.P., AND SIMOS, J.S., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLO ER LODE, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: AMER. INST. METALLO ENG., V. II, P. 1102
Reference (Production): BOUTWELL, 1912
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