Mine detail: Flagstaff Mine

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Location: Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.60661, -111.50384
dep_id: 10014897
mrds_id: D011994
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena
other_matl: Barite
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Precipitation From Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Northeast Striking Fissure And Fractures
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Weber Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Flagstaff Mountain Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Northeast Striking Fissure
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Year first produced: 1871
yr_lst_prd: 1881
disc_yr: 1871
discr: James M. Kennedy
References:
  • 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 GEOL. 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
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