Mine detail: Flagstaff Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

40.60661, -111.50384

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Argentite, Galena
Orebody form:	LENS
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1871

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1871
Last production ended:	1881

Geology

Host rock:	Weber Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Flagstaff Mountain Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Cordilleran Hingeline, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Northeast Striking Fissure
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011994
DEP	10014897
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 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}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.