The Dutchman Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,651 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,651 Feet (2,332 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.52861, -111.60222
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Dutchman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dutchman Mine
Secondary: Wild Dutchman
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: American Fork District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1872
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: Dutchman Fault, Whirlwind Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1885 : 45 OZ AG, 40 % PB. 1912 : 30 % PB, 9 - 17 % ZN, 50 OZ AG PER TON. 1941 : 16 OZ AG, 13 % PB, 34 % ZN, 0.02 OZ AU.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Shale
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD - 1920 - 1921, 1923, 1926, 1936 - 1940
Comment (Deposit): FIVE LARGE ORE BODIES
Comment (Workings): TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS TO 1880 IS 20,000 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF COTTONWOOD - AM FORK AREA: USGS PROF PAPER 201 , P. 137
Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1916-1917, 1920-1921, 1923; USBM MINERAL RESOURCE YEARBOOK 1926, 1937-1942, 1944, 1946-1949, 1951.
Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 492.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEP. OF UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135 - B, P. 66 .
Reference (Deposit): 5) BUTLER, B. S., AND OTHERS, 1920 , ORE DEP. OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 111 , P. 270 .
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