Maxfield Mine

The Maxfield Mine is a mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,965 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Maxfield Mine
Secondary: Bullion Chief Lease
Secondary: James Drain Tunnel

Commodity

Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Maxfield Mining Co., Continental Bank Bldg. Salt Lake
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Sphalerite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS & BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF COTTON-W

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN FORK AREA: USGS PROF. PAPER 201, P.102-103.

Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., IN PREPARATION, MINERAL RESOURCES OF BIG COTTON

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT; UTAH GEO AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN

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