Mine detail: Old Utah Mine

Previously called 'Judge GroupUnited Park City Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60911, -111.52911

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1881
Last production ended:	1883

Geology

Host rock:	Thaynes Formation
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Clayton Peak Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Northeast Striking Daly-Ontario Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011988
DEP	10014893
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.}{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 QUAD. MAP GQ-534}{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.