The Hawkeye - Mc Henry Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 7,441 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
Elevation: 7,441 Feet (2,268 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.62111, -111.47056
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Hawkeye - Mc Henry Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hawkeye - Mc Henry Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
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 Arch
Type: L
Description: Hawkeye - Mc Henry Fault, Frog Valley Fault, Park City Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS, SHORTLY AFTER DISCOVERY IN 1870, OF ORE FOUND IN A 90 FT. TUNNEL ON THE MC HENRY PROPERTY REPORTEDLY RAN 200 DOLLARS/TON (AVERAGE OF 65 ASSAYS) WITH THE LOWEST ASSAY RUNNING 22 DOLLARS/TON. IN 1890, A ONE FOOT VEIN OF ORE WAS DISCOVERED WHICH RAN 204 OZ/TON AG, 77% PB AND SOME ANTIMONY.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Development): WATER PROBLEMS AND THIN, IRREGULAR ORE ZONES HAMPERED EARLY DEVELOPMENT, THE HAWKEYE AND MC HENRY MINES MERGED IN 1901
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORED THE MC HENRY FAULT
Comment (Workings): MC HENRY TUNNEL WAS 2000 FT. LONG; HAWKEYE SHAFT WAS AT LEAST 400 FT. DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 200,300, AND 400 FT. (DRIFTING TOTALED MORE THAN 2000 FT); THE HAWKEEY TUNNEL WAS ABOUT 1300 FT. LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 161.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-864.
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