Mine detail: American Flag Shaft

Previously called 'American Flag Group'

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.62855, -111.5005
dep_id: 10087356
mrds_id: D006421
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Manganese, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Johnson, Elizabeth A.
hrock_unit: Weber Quartzites
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Diorite Porphyry
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Thrust Belt, Park City Anticline
tectonic: Cottonwood And Uinta Uplift
discr: William Curtis And Jg. Rhodin
References:
  • Deposit:: SYLVIA, GOELTZ, N., 1970, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH; 1967: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, BULL. 84, P.31.
  • Deposit:: BULLOCK, KENNETH, C., 1966, MINERALS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOLOG. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY, BULL. 76, P. 35.
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 77, PP. 1-230.
  • Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S. AND CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR. 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK CITY EAST QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MAP GQ-852.
  • Deposit:: 1971 GEOLMAP BROMFIELD AND CRITTENDEN GQ-85
  • Production:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.77
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