The Mineral Flat Sw Prospects is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 9,501 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.55722, -111.63500
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Mineral Flat Sw Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mineral Flat Sw Prospects
Secondary: Big Emma Cliam
Secondary: Waterfall Claim
Secondary: Niagara Claim
Secondary: Mineral Flat Mining Co.
Secondary: Albion Consolidated Mining Co.
Secondary: South Hecla Mining Co.
Secondary: Alta United Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork 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
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Arch, Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Local Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE LOCATION IS TO THE MINERAL FLAT TUNNEL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Geology): MINES ALSO IN OPHIR FM. AND MAXFIELD LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): DC 15612 IS PART OF THIS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): THE MINERAL FLAT TUNNEL WAS PORTALED ON THE BIG EMMA, WATERFALL AND NIAGARA CLAIMS AND IS THE LARGEST WORKING OF THE GROUP.
Comment (Workings): ADIT A FOLLOWS A SHEAR ZONE (N63E, 47NW) IN CHERTY LIMESTONE AND SHALE, ADIT IS COLLAPSED BUT WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET LONG; ADIT B IS STILL ACCESSIBLE BUT HAS A POOR ROOF, IT IS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET LONG; ADIT C IS INACCESSIBLE BUT IS APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET LONG IN LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE; ADIT D IS COLLAPSED AND QUITE SHORT; ADITS E ARE TWO ADITS ON OPPOSITE BANKS OF A STREAM - SW ONE IS COLLAPSED, NE ONE IS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND FLOODED, BOTH TOGETHER TOTAL AT LEAST 1000 FEET (MUCH OF DUMP HAS WASHED AWAY); PROSPECT F IS A 15 FOOT DIAMETER PIT 4 FEET DEEP IN FRACTURED, IRON-STAINED QUARTZITE; ADIT G IS A SHORT, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ADIT IN FRACTURED, IRON-STAINED QUARTZITE; ADIT H IS A COLLAPSED ADIT ABOUT 2000 FEET LONG IN FRACTURED, IRON-STAINED QUARTZITE; ADIT I IS A 20 FOOT ACCESSIBLE ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THCOTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P. 130, 135.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH USGS MAP GQ-378
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