The Pacific Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.54139, -111.59417
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Pacific Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pacific Mine
Secondary: Blue Rock
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
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: Vein
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
Form: SHOOTS, LENTICULAR BODIES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mountain Dell Fault (E-W, 55 S, Max. Throw 1,000 Ft), Pacific Fissure (N 45 E, 50 Nw), Variegated Fault (N 70 W, Steep, 18 Ft Of Movement)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1909 : AVG. 30 OZ AG, 15 % PB. 1916 : $.55 AU, 14.9 OZ AG, 30.1 % PB, 10.15 % INSOLUBLE, 23.9 % FE, 2.15 % ZN, 30.6 % SULFUR
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): SIX CLAIMS COVERING 120 ACRES
Comment (Production): PROD - 1917 - 1919, 1922, 1928, 1930 - 1931, 1936 - 1939, 1941 - 1942
Comment (Workings): 800 FT OF TUNNEL WORK, 700 FT OF DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, FC AND BUTLER, BS, 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD-AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 135
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, BS AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEP OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER III, P. 269
Reference (Deposit): MIN. RES. OF U.S. 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923
Reference (Deposit): USBM MIN. RES. 1955 - 1926, 1928 - 1931, 1937 - 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950 - 1951
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