The Pittsburg Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 10,249 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: 10,249 Feet (3,124 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.56361, -111.61556
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Pittsburg Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pittsburg Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Pittsburg Fault (Nw, 80 N), Fissure (N 40 E, 55 - 65 Nw)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1872: 10 - 30 OZ AG, 40 % PB. 1905 : $.40 AU, 9.45 OZ AG, 38.30 % PB.
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD - 1905 - 1909; 1919; 1922 - 1923 WITH 2,000 TONS PRODUCED TO 1885
Comment (Workings): 1,185 FT OF WORKINGS TO 1885
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION OCCURS WITHIN THE OPHIR LS AND MAXFIELD LS.
Comment (Location): INCLUDES HUDSON AND WAR EAGLE
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 134
Reference (Deposit): USBM WAR MIN. RPT
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIN. RES. 1922, 1923
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965
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