Dutchman Mine

The Dutchman Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dutchman Mine
Secondary: Dutchman Coalition Mines Co.
Secondary: Wild Dutchman

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Dutchman Coalition Mines Co.

Production

Year: 1880
Time Period: 1872-1880
Description: Cp_Grade: ^45 Oz/Ton Ag, 40% Pb
Year: 1916
Time Period: 1901-1916
Description: Cp_Grade: ^47.58 Oz/Ton Ag, 27.89% Pb, 89 Cents/Ton Au, .5% Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1872
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-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt

Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Fissure

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 27.89% PB. LATER ORE MINED FROM DEEPER PORTIONS OF MINE WERE MORE ZINC RICH WITH A FINAL GRADE OF 16 OZ/TON AG, 13% PB, 34% ZN AND .02 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: EARLY ORE AVERAGED 89 CENTS/TON GOLD, 47.58 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MOST OF PRODUCTION CAME FROM ONE PRINCIPAL VEIN STRIKING N40E AND DIPPING STEEPLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. VEIN IS UP TO 8 FT WIDE. VEIN LIES ADJACENT TO A PORPHYRY DIKE. A MINOR VEIN RUNS PARALLEL TO THE VEIN - 5 ORE BODIES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND. ORE SAID TO OCCUR IN SCATTERED EGG-SHAPED BANCHES OF ORE FROM A FEW POUNDS TO 600 TONS. ORE IS HIGHLY OXIDIZED AND OCHEROUS. SOME SULFIDES FOUND BENEATH WATERTABLE

Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS SHOWN ON MAP. UTM COORDINATES GIVEN FOR LOWER TUNNEL PORTAL. UPPER TUNNEL PORTAL LOCATED NEAR WHIRLWIND PORTAL. BY 1880 THE TOTAL WORKINGS WERE 20,000 FT. NUMEROUS DRIFTS, SHAFTS, AND INCLINES LOCATED ALONG FISSURE AS WELL AS A LARGE STOPE AREA

Comment (Geology): MINE OCCURS IN A DOWNDROPPED BLOCK OF MISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE BOUND TO THE NORTH BY THE DUTCHMAN FAULT AND TO THE WEST BY THE WHIRLWIND FAULT.

Comment (Production): ADDITIONAL ARE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1917 AND 1942, PROBABLY A SMALL TONNAGE

Comment (Development): AFTER DISCOVERED, THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO THE OMAHA SMELTING AND REFINING CO. WHO WORKED IT CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1876. AFTER 1876 THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1942 BY VARIOUS LESSEES.

Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED. UTM COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CARD ARE FOR MAIN PORTAL-LOWER TUNNEL OF DUTCHMAN MINE. UTM COORDINATES OF THE TUNNEL ARE 4486500 N, 448800 E ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

References

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 201.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS. 1920. THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER NO. 111.

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A., CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR. AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534

Reference (Production): BUTLER, 1920, CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943

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