The New York Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 8,281 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,281 Feet (2,524 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.61528, -111.48889
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New York Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New York Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Summit
District: Park City 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
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Arch
Type: L
Description: Near Axis Of Park City Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY FROM 1906: 109-113 OZ HON AG, 12 TO 20% PB, 1 DOLLAR/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Workings): ENTRY IS THROUGH A SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 200,300,400, AND 700 FT., THE 500 AND 600 LEVELS ARE REACHED THROUGH WINZES ON THE 400 FT. LEVEL. THE 200 LEVEL EXTENDS NE OVER 100 FT; THE 300 LEVEL TRENDS NE, SW, AND SE ABOUT 100 FT. IN EACH DIRECTION; THE 400 LEVEL TRENDS SE 900 FT, N 300 FT., AND NE ABOUT 700 FT.; LEVELS FROM THE WINZE EXTEND NE AND SW FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 164-165.
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-864.
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