Flying Dutchman Mine

The Flying Dutchman Mine is a copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,355 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Flying Dutchman Mine
Secondary: Silver Shield

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Manganese

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: John Gary Ekker, Jr.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: South Flank Fault Of Sheeprock Mountains Striking Approx. N45w

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FOUR FISSURE VEINS WERE DEVELOPED TOGETHER AT THE FLYING DUTCHMAN MINE AND ADJOINING COPPER JACK MINE. THE VEINS AVERAGED 3 TO 5% COPPER, ACCORDING TO EARLY REPORTS

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Turquoise
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite

Comments

Comment (Workings): THREE INCLINED SHAFTS WITH ASSOCIATED DRIFTS. THE PRINCIPAL SHAFT IS APPROX. 240 FT. LONG AND INCLINED AT ABOUT 40 DEGREES. THE WORKINGS ARE MOSTLY FLOODED

Comment (Geology): URANINITE HAS NOT BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED, BUT IS BELIEVED TO OCCUR IN DARK PURPLE, RADIOACTIVE FLUORITE PRESENT IN THE VEINS.

Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION, RECORDED WITH OTHER PROPERTIES.

Comment (Deposit): FOUR SUBPARALLEL, N30-40W STRIKING FISSURE VEINS STRIKE ACROSS THE FLYING DUTCHMAN AND COPPER JACK PROPERTIES. MINERALIZATION CAN BE TRACED FOR AT LEAST APPROX. 1 1/2 MILES FROM THE MOUTH OF BURNED CANYON TO THE FLYING DUTCHMAN MINE AREA

References

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, MINERAL SURVEY NO. 5948, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1963, BERYLLIUM AND ASSOC. MINERALIZATION IN THE SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS., IN BOWYER, BEN, AND OTHERS, BERYLLIUM AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN JUAB COUNTY, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 17, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SLC, UT

Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63 P. 117

Reference (Deposit): HARRIS, DEVERLE, 1958, THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUTCH PEAK AREA, SHEEPROCK RANGE, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBL. M.S. THESIS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV., PROVO, UTAH; REF. 5 LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1920 IN BUTLER, B.S., AND OTHER, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER III, P. 428-429; REF. 6 USGS, 1929, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 632; REF. 7 USGS, 1930, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., P. 606

Reference (Production): U.S.G.S, 1929, MIN. RES. OF U.S., P. 632

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